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A woman in Spain died after undergoing a supposedly routine "bee acupuncture" treatment and then suffering an allergic reaction that put her in a coma.

Acupuncture can boost the effectiveness of standard medical care, reducing the severity of chronic pain and depression, says a new study.

It usually begins with a drowsy fog of fatigue that makes me feel as if I haven't slept in days. My eyelids take on the weight of an oil tanker, and a few minutes later the pain arrives. It first settles along either my left or right eyebrow, hovers there until it runs out of space, then begins to spread to the other eyebrow. After that, it invades...

Traditional and sham acupuncture, involving superficial insertion at non-acupuncture points helps more in reducing tension headaches than no treatment at all.

Acupuncture appears to relieve the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia no better than sham acupuncture procedures.

A woman in Spain died after undergoing a supposedly routine "bee acupuncture" treatment and then suffering an allergic reaction that put her in a coma.

Acupuncture can boost the effectiveness of standard medical care, reducing the severity of chronic pain and depression, says a new study.

It usually begins with a drowsy fog of fatigue that makes me feel as if I haven't slept in days. My eyelids take on the weight of an oil tanker, and a few minutes later the pain arrives. It first settles along either my left or right eyebrow, hovers there until it runs out of space, then begins to spread to the other eyebrow. After that, it invades...

Traditional and sham acupuncture, involving superficial insertion at non-acupuncture points helps more in reducing tension headaches than no treatment at all.

Acupuncture appears to relieve the chronic pain condition fibromyalgia no better than sham acupuncture procedures.