First acupuncture clinic for cancer patients
The first acupuncture clinic dedicated to helping patients deal with the aftereffects of cancer treatment opens in London on 12 October 2023. Beverley de Valois...
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Ways to slow down signs of ageing
Botox, fillers and cosmetic surgery have long held onto the crown as the most effective ways to slow down signs of ageing, however, there are...
What’s the alternative?
What's the alternative? New research suggests that patients are opting for complementary therapies in preference to prescription painkillers. The results of a new consumer opinion...
More people choosing alternative medicine
Use of practitioner-led complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as acupuncture, massage, osteopathy and chiropractic treatment, rose from 12 per cent of the population in...
Alternative ways to manage long-term pain
When managing long-term pain in the pain clinic, we rely on all our skills as doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists and so on. We use our...
Can acupuncture assist IVF?
WHEN it comes to fertility treatment - specifically IVF - there are fine margins between successful and unsuccessful outcomes - between creating life or failing...
Acupuncture for advanced cancer patients
Up to 70 per cent of patients with advanced stage cancer suffer from pain for which they receive inadequate pain relief. This can lead to...
Needling smokers
Acupuncture, the 'needle therapy' is often used as an aid to help people quit smoking, but there is little evidence to suggest how it works. A study published...
The globalisation of medicine
Globalisation and the ever-shrinking world means that we now have access to the medical wisdom and traditions from all over our planet. What we can learn is...
East meets West in physiotherapy
As the largest acupuncture organisation in the UK, we represent 6,500 physiotherapists who are interested in integrating Western evidence-based acupuncture into mainstream physiotherapy for the...
