For about 3,000 years, practitioners of traditional Chinese medicine have used acupuncture to treat various medical conditions. In recent decades, acupuncture has become more popular in the United ...

While not a replacement for standard depression treatments, some studies suggest that acupuncture can help people with the mood disorder feel better. Other reasons? A central goal of acupuncture is to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with depression may benefit as much from acupuncture as they do from counseling, suggests a new study. Researchers found one in three patients was no longer ...

Acupuncture, which uses needles to target particular pressure points on the body, has been used for thousands of years to help a range of conditions, from migraines, to infertility, to stress. Some ...

Auricular acupuncture, recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and offered as an integrative practice since 2006 by the SUS (Sistema Única de Saúde), Brazil's national health service, is ...

An estimated 17.5 million Americans suffer from depression. Among those, many are seeking alternatives to anti-depressant medication. Of course, as an acupuncturist, I am interested in staying on top ...