Acupuncture may be effective for menstrual pain

[Celebration]

http://in.reuters.com/article/health/idINCOL67036420080226

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Acupuncture can help relieve menstrual pain and improve the quality of life for some women, a new study from Germany shows.

Because the acupuncture patients were compared with a control group who received no therapy, rather than a "sham," or fake, version of the treatment, the placebo effect could have played a role, Dr. Claudia M. Witt of Charite University Medical Center in Berlin and her colleagues acknowledge.

"Nevertheless, our study showed that acupuncture was beneficial for women if offered as part of the health insurance system," the researchers write in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.


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After 3 months of treatment, which included an average of about 10 sessions, the average pain score was 3.1 in the acupuncture group, compared with 5.4 in the control group, using a pain scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the worst pain.

Among women given acupuncture, 63.4 percent reported at least a 33 percent improvement in their symptoms, while 24 percent of women in the control group did.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I was just telling a co-worker this today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to print out this article for her.

[fed-up]

2. I cut out sugar/sweets a few days before period and killer cramps STOPPED-menapausal now-:) nt