July 22, 2011 - HealthCMi CEUs

Acupuncture Continuing Education

Acupuncture Reduces Hot Flashes After Chemotherapy – Yale Study

A Yale University/University of Pittsburg study of women with hot flashes due to conventional breast cancer treatment reveals that women receiving acupuncture have less hot flashes. The randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial collected data “in the National Institutes of Health funded General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) associated with Yale School of Medicine and Yale New Haven […]

Electro-Acupuncture is an Antidepressant Research

New research shows that electroacupuncture has an antidepressant effect and prevents atrophy of brain cells. Researchers measured that electroacupuncture prevents atrophy of glial cells in the hippocampus, a portion of the brain. The researches note that there is mounting data showing that major depressive disorder is linked to glia cell atrophy. Glial cells form myelin, […]