Acupuncture

26 Feb 2013

A more intense form of acupuncture has been found to help patients with Bell palsy, a condition whereby the face gets temporarily paralysed for weeks or months.

Acupuncture may help relieve cancer fatigue: UK study

31 Oct 2012

Acupuncture may help ease fatigue in women who have had breast cancer, a study has found.

Cancer and cancer treatments can cause chronic pain, stress and anaemia, all of which contribute to...

Health bites

11 Sep 2012

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Children with autism respond to acupuncture

10 Jul 2012

Chinese medicine practitioners treating a group of autistic pupils at a Fanling school reported marked improvement in patients' symptoms after just a couple of dozen treatments - a finding that...

Renovation the remedy

2 May 2012

Lui Seng Chun, one of Hong Kong?s oldest tong laus, or shophouses, opened its doors last week after a HK$28 million year-long facelift to transform it into a centre for traditional Chinese...

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Study shows depression eases with acupuncture

Acupuncture can complement drugs when treating patients for depression, according to a study by University of Hong Kong researchers.

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Infertility seems to be a problem in Hong Kong, with one in six couples unable to conceive naturally, according to the Hong Kong Society of Reproductive Medicine.

A case in point for autism

Baptist University's School of Chinese Medicine opened a privately financed speciality clinic in December in the Tsim Sha Tsui Kai Fong Welfare Association Building on Nathan Road. It features a...

Child study a turning point for therapy

Acceptance of acupuncture as a has turned a corner, according to a report published last month in the American Academy of Pediatrics' journal, Pediatrics, which concluded that the ancient Chinese...

Pains and needles

When Kenny Kon, 43, suffered sciatica in his left leg, he first turned to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and then to chiropractic treatments to relieve the pain, but neither helped.

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HK study pins down effects of acupoints

The therapeutic effects of acupuncture can be explained scientifically for the first time, according to the researchers behind a 'breakthrough' Hong Kong-based study.