Objective: We report on the safety of non-insertive acupuncture (NIA) in 54 newborns diagnosed with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) a busy inner-city hospital. Methods: For this case series, retrospective chart review was conducted. Data participant demographics, number NIA treatments, provider referrals, and outcomes interest (sleeping, feeding, adverse events) were collected. Results: Of receiving NIA, 86% non-Hispanic white; 87% Medicaid, gestational age ranged from 33.2 to 42.1 weeks....

Background and Objectives Substance use disorder (SUD) is a major health issue, especially among military veterans. We previously reported the effects of auricular acupuncture relaxation response (RR) on reducing craving anxiety following 10‐week interventions veterans who were in recovery from SUDs. Our current analysis examines each intervention session RR daily practice. Methods conducted three‐arm randomized controlled trial residents homeless veteran rehabilitation program. Sixty‐Seven...

Background & Aims: Substance abuse is a major health problem in the US population, particularly among veterans. Current treatments for substance form of pharmacologic, behavioural, or psychosocial therapy can be effective limited instances. We investigated effect using two complementary and alternative approaches, acupuncture relaxation response, to treat veterans who are recovering from use disorders.Methods: conducted controlled trial at Veterans Administration homeless residential...

Background: Several small studies suggest that auricular acupuncture facilitates narcotic withdrawal in opiate-dependent adults. Effects neonates with abstinence syndrome (NAS) are unknown. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine if acupressure augmentation standard medical management decreased length hospital stay for NAS care or improved infant comfort. Design: This >4-year randomized, prospective, but unblinded started March 1992 and ended August 1996. Setting: trial...

Objectives: Treatment advances have transformed human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) into a chronic manageable disease; quality of life (QoL) has become an important health outcome. Some studies shown the individual effects acupuncture and relaxation response (RR) in improving QoL patients with HIV/AIDS. In light presumed shared features RR, we conducted pilot study to examine adding RR usual treatment on HIV/AIDS patients. Design: Two-arm double-blind...

To examine the effect of acupuncture and relaxation response (RR) for treating gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in HIV patients who are using highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).The authors conducted a 4-arm 2×2 double-blind randomised controlled trial an clinic USA. Sham health education were used as control conditions real RR elicitation, respectively. Enrolled to acupuncture+RR (AR), sham (SR), acupuncture+health (AE) or (SE) study arm. Participants listened CDs with RR-eliciting...

Purpose: Chronic pain experienced by children and adolescents represents a significant burden in terms of health, quality life, economic costs to U.S. families. In 2015, the Boston Medical Center (BMC) Interdisciplinary Pain Clinic initiated an Integrative Medicine (IM) team model address chronic children. Team members included pediatrician, child psychologist, physical therapist, acupuncturist, massage therapist. Children were referred clinic from primary care specialty services within BMC,...

Objectives: The study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) using a randomized, controlled trial (RCT) design poses challenges, such as treatment standardization blinding. We designed an RCT, which avoided these two common to evaluate the effect adding relaxation response (RR) usual acupuncture treatment. In this paper, we report on feasibility patients' experience from participation. Design, setting, subjects: Our was two-arm, double-blind RCT conducted in clinic Boston. Study...

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This paper addresses price elasticity, an indicator for the responsiveness of demand healthcare to changes in price, context a large public health clinic that provides acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and shiatsu.The study is descriptive observational. The observations resulted from "natural experiment" involved examining utilization before after 5 dollars(17%) increase all services. Aggregate data were collected on demographics 222 clients using services over 6-month period...

The epidemics of pain and opioid use pose unique challenges. Comprehensive approaches are required to address minds, bodies spirits individuals who live with and/or use. lack an effective “quick fix” for either condition necessitates developing effective, innovative multi-disciplinary avenues treatment. This analytic article reviews epidemiological demographic factors associated additional challenges posed by the Covid-19 epidemic. Several large-scale studies meta-analyses have examined role...

Traumatic events such as the September 11, 2001, attacks on World Trade Center can have profoundly stressful effects individuals, even if they are far from Ground Zero.1 Responses to this type of stress manifest both psychologically and physically with a variety complaints, insomnia, anxiety, body aches, digestive upsets, poor concentration. A number researchers described use complementary alternative medical (CAM) treatments, acupuncture massage, for stress-related complaints.2–4...

Purpose A community health center and clinic specializing in acupuncture partnered with a large managed care organization to determine whether treatment might influence clinical outcomes costs of care. Members the were referred through their physicians receive up 20 treatments for any following conditions: pain, headache, menstrual or menopausal symptoms, carpal tunnel syndrome. Although project is ongoing, results first 4 years will be presented.