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A Needle in a Migraine For those of you who get headaches and migraines, you understand that pain that can bring any day to a screeching halt. But according to two new reviews, acupuncture therapy may be the cure you're looking for. Acupuncture, a therapy that uses thin, metallic needles to penetrate the skin at specific points, is a traditional Chinese medical treatment. The two large studies investigated how the addition of the therapy to treatment with painkillers reduced the amount of headaches patients had. Research found that 47 percent of patients who had acupuncture witnessed a decrease in the number of headaches they experienced compared to 16 percent within the control group. "There is more evidence coming out showing acupuncture is safe and often effective and should be considered as part of a multidisciplinary approach for chronic pain," says Brian Berman, M.D., director of the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine. The studies also identified some pain relief regardless of the insertion points. |
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