Monday, January 26, 2009

Happy New Year !!! The Year of the Ox.



Acupuncture to Induce Labor

I just received this email from a patient I worked with last week who was hoping to avoid the chemical inducement of her past due pregnancy:

Hello Dennis!

You’ll be excited to hear that I believe the acupuncture treatments worked! I saw you last on Thursday morning and contractions started that evening around 7pm…by 12:14am Friday I was holding my new baby girl. It was a very very fast labor with zero complications and I did it without any augmentation or pain medication. All natural, just as I had hoped.

Thank you so much for your treatments, advice, and support!

Monday, January 12, 2009

Crohn's Disease and Acupuncture.

A study completed at the University of Nuremberg has shown that acupuncture is statistically more effective than "sham" acupuncture for the treatment of Crohn's disease. The real acupuncture group showed a significantly greater benefit, including less bowel inflammation, a benefit which persisted when all patients were reassessed after 16 weeks.