Positive Health Online

Issue 88

POURESMAIL and IBRAHIMZADEH, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran, describe the effects of acupressure and ibuprofen on the severity of primary dysmenorrhoea.

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Issue 88

WONG and co-workers, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, present a clinical trial of acupuncture for patients with spinal cord injuries.

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Issue 87

XUE and co-workers, The Chinese Medicine Unit, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, charlie.xue@rmit.edu.au, investigated the effect of acupuncture on seasonal allergic rhinitis in a randomized co1

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Issue 87

ZHU and POLUS, Betta Health Medical Center, Chinese Medicine Unit, Chadstone, Victoria, Australia, annzhu29@hotmail.com, conducted a controlled trial of acupuncture for chronic neck pain.

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Issue 87

WHITE and colleagues, University of Southampton, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton, U.K., review (81 references) literature reviews of acupuncture for chronic neck pain to show pitfalls in conducting systematic reviews.

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Issue 86

SZE and colleagues, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Shatin Hospital, N.T. Hong Kong, fkhsze@hotmail.com conducted a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in motor reco1

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Issue 86

TARGINO et al., Division of Physical Medicine, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Ave. Giovanni Gronchi, 1106 Sao Paulo, Brazil, ucklrsu@ucl.ac.uk,

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Issue 85

BIER and co-workers, I.B. Scientific, LLC, 1 Griffith Drive, Durham, NH 03824, USA, drbier@ibscientific.com, examined auricular acupuncture, education, and smoking cessation .

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Issue 85

FREEDMAN, Jonathan.Freedman@gp-e82060.nhs.uk, carried out an audit of 500 acupuncture patients in general practice .

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Issue 85

GALLAGHER et al., Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721—0068, USA, investigate the six-months relapse rate among women treated with acupuncture for depression.

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Issue 84

KAM and co-workers performed an audit of the effectiveness of acupuncture for musculoskeletal pain in primary health care.

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Issue 84

MACPHERSON and colleagues, hugh@ftcm.org.uk, have published the STRICTA recommendations, the ST andards for R eporting I nterventions in

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Issue 83

CECCHERELLI et al., Observatory on Unconventional Medicine, Anesthesiological Unit of the Department of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology, University of Padova, Italy, E: istaneri@uxl.unipd.it, compared 1

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Issue 83

ALRAEK and BAERHEIM, Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway E:, terje.alrek@isf.uib.no, describe health changes experienced 1

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Issue 83

WANG and KAIN, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pediatrics and Child Adolescent Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8051, USA, E: shu-ming@yale.edu, r1

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Issue 82

WHITE and coworkers, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK, a.r.white@ex.ac.uk, took part in the development of an information leaflet on acupuncture .

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Issue 81

FILSHIE, of the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK, jacqueline.filshie@btinternet.com, reviewed (19 references) the use and safety of acupuncture in patient1

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Issue 81

MACPHERSON and colleagues, Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine, York, UK, hugh@ftcm.org.uk, conducted a survey of professional acupuncturists to obtain infor1

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Issue 81

DONG and colleagues, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, hong.g.dong@hcuge.ch, explored the effects of acupuncture on the qualit1

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Issue 77

FINK and colleagues, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, m.g.fink@gmx.de, tested the viability of a placebo needle designed for use1

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