Korean researchers find that only traditional Chinese acupuncture can help with hypertension (high blood pressure).

An Australian study shows that women believe acupuncture helps with their fertility.

Acupuncture appears to be effective in the treatment of insomnia according to a systematic review and meta-analysis carried out by Chinese authors.

Japanese researchers have found acupuncture to be superior to injection of local anaesthetic for the treatment of lower back pain.

A Canadian pilot study has found that acupuncture has positive effects on provoked vestibulodynia (PVD), a distressing genital pain condition affecting women.

German scientists have used infrared thermography to distinguish between the effect of needling a point on the back of the hand (Hegu L.I. 4) and sham acupuncture (needling at a non-acupoint).

The American Veterinary Medical Association has recognised acupuncture as a valid method of treating animals.

A study has found acupuncture may help improve congenital nystagmus.

Chinese researchers have found acupuncture to be an effective treatment for acute migraine.

I have recently updated my website to include more detailed information on conditions treated by acupuncture.

Brazilian researchers have confirmed that acupuncture can relieve symptoms of dyspepsia in pregnant women.

The first prospective, randomised, single-blind, placebo-controlled study of the effect of acupuncture in infertile men with severe oligoasthenozoospermia has shown that acupuncture can improve sperm motility.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is to recommend that the NHS provide up to sessions of acupuncture for patients whose pain persists beyond 6 weeks.

A systematic review of existing research confirms that acupuncture is more effective than medication in the treatment of chronic headache.

A review by American researchers shows acupuncture is an effective treatment for the pain and limitation of osteoarthritis of the knee.

Chinese researchers have carried out a meta-analysis to asses the benefits of acupuncture as a treatment for depression.

A systematic review from Holland has concluded that acupucture-type interventions are effective in correcting breach presentation, compared with expectant management.

I have never treated a patient for Alzheimer's but an interesting new study suggests that acupuncture may be helpful.

Surgeons at the Shanhai Renji hospital in China have reported the country's first succesful heart by-pass operation using acupuncture anaesthesia.

I have long wondered whether acupuncture can really help people to lose weight.

Now, research published by the university of Warsaw, confirms that it can.

A new study shows acupuncture is effective in treating prostate pain.  But could the study methodology underestimate the benefits?  Brain research suggests it does.

Acupuncture found effective, and cost-effective, in the treatment of dysmenorrhea.

A German study has shown that acupuncture is a cost-effective treatment for patients with headaches.

Many doctors and scientists are sceptical about the existence of acupuncture channels but evidence does support their existence.