In The News
Each
week articles are appearing in the scientific and popular press illustrating
the benefits of Interventional and Integrative Medicine. Here are a few of
the current article that you might find interesting!
For
more in depth scientific information
please go to
the Abstracts section
or
to our Information
Resources page. 
News!
- Research Report about the benefits of Craig-PENS in the
treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome!
and
Acupuncture
Helps Promote Pregnancy!
See
what James River Comprehensive Pain Management can do for you!
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My first stop
was the Beijing Medical Hospital. I sought out Dr. Wan Hui Min who, I had heard, was an acupuncture specialist. She teaches
in a classroom full of student desks and charts which indicate
age-old points for needle insertion. Not that I ever associated
being a human pincushion with feeling good, but I broke into a
cold sweat watching Dr. Wang Hui Min unwrap the long needles to
insert them in my head, neck, knees, and stomach. To my
surprise, it didn't hurt at all! In fact, soon after Dr. Wan Hui
Min began inserting the needles I felt a pleasant, warm, and
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You
would never know that, though, from watching him dive today. Ferguson, a
six-time national diving champion, is again doing what he didn't think
possible a year ago. And he makes it look easy.
"I
feel like a kid again, so at the age of 33, I'm out there diving with these
20-year-olds," he said.
Ferguson credits his rejuvenation to his acupuncturist, Dr. Patsy Dreyer.
Ferguson isn't the kind of person who dives head-first into anything but
water. But by 1995, he was desperate. "I couldn't live day to day and be
pain-free, let alone dive," he said.
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"After the first session, I noticed an improvement," Paige said. "And after about three or four sessions, there was a very big improvement."
Paige was part of the University of Arizona's study on acupuncture.
"I was in a chronic state of irritable gloom. I had such a short fuse that it was scary," she said. "The least little thing would set me off."
Researchers said that like Paige, the majority of the study participants had significant relief from depression after acupuncture treatment.
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A study published in the 1993
December issue of the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology found
that women who received ear acupuncture, applied to reflex
points on the ear that correspond to specific body areas or
functions, 30 minutes once a week for eight weeks experienced a
significant decrease in PMS symptoms. Acupuncture, which uses
needles instead of manual pressure to stimulate particular
points, was also found to be helpful for women suffering from
PMS when other therapies were not effective.
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