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Study: Acupuncture works for back pain
Sep 24 2007 10:09PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Fake acupuncture works nearly as well as the real thing for low back pain, and either kind performs much better than usual care, German researchers have found. Almost half the patients treated with acupuncture needles felt relief that lasted months. In contrast, only about a quarter of the patients receiving medications and other Western medical treatments felt better.
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Study: Acupuncture works for back pain
Sep 24 2007 10:09PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Fake acupuncture works nearly as well as the real thing for low back pain, and either kind performs much better than usual care, German researchers have found. Almost half the patients treated with acupuncture needles felt relief that lasted months. In contrast, only about a quarter of the patients receiving medications and other Western medical treatments felt better.
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Study: Acupuncture works for back pain
Sep 24 2007 10:09PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Fake acupuncture works nearly as well as the real thing for low back pain, and either kind performs much better than usual care, German researchers have found. Almost half the patients treated with acupuncture needles felt relief that lasted months. In contrast, only about a quarter of the patients receiving medications and other Western medical treatments felt better.
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Study: Acupuncture works for back pain
Sep 24 2007 10:09PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Fake acupuncture works nearly as well as the real thing for low back pain, and either kind performs much better than usual care, German researchers have found. Almost half the patients treated with acupuncture needles felt relief that lasted months. In contrast, only about a quarter of the patients receiving medications and other Western medical treatments felt better.
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ASCO pushes cancer survivors' checklist
Sep 24 2007 8:08PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - You've finished the surgery, the radiation, the chemotherapy. You're a winner, a cancer survivor. Now what? A new push is on to provide patients with "survivor plans," long-awaited blueprints for the customized follow-up care they'll require for years.
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Study: Money can prod one to lose weight
Sep 24 2007 8:07PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - People will lose weight for money, even a little money, suggests a study that offers another option for employers looking for ways to cut health care costs.
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Report: Drug use up among Hispanic teens
Sep 24 2007 5:15PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Hispanic teenagers used illegal drugs at greater rates than white and black teenagers, according to a report released Monday by a White House drug control policy office.
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Seniors protest doughnut ban
Sep 24 2007 6:56AM (CT)
MAHOPAC, N.Y (AP) - It was just another morning at the senior center: Women were sewing, men were playing pool _ and seven demonstrators, average age 76, were picketing outside, demanding doughnuts.
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