• Short circuit migraines before they start

    Author and migraine sufferer Joan Didion once wrote, “That no one dies of migraine seems, to someone deep into an attack, an ambiguous blessing.” Here are some advices from Harvard Medical Publications regarding migraine prevention.  “The cornerstone of migraine prevention is managing triggers like stress or certain foods or strong perfumes. Alternative and complementary therapies…

  • 5 habits that foster weight loss

    Image: © Rawpixel Ltd/Thinkstock Paying attention to your eating habits and other lifestyle routines can help nudge down the number on the scale. 1. Make time to prepare healthy meals 2. Eat slowly 3. Consume evenly sized meals, beginning with breakfast 4. Don’t skimp on sleep 5. Weigh yourself often Apart from these tips, acupuncture…

  • 7 stretching & strengthening exercises for a frozen shoulder

    Frozen shoulder (also known as adhesive capsulitis) is a condition in which the shoulder is stiff, painful, and has limited motion in all directions. Here are some tips for recovering from frozen shoulder. Always warm up your shoulder before performing your exercises. Do stretching exercises first, do not rush to strengthening exercises. Once the range…

  • Acupuncture in American Clinical Practice Guideline

    On 14th Feb 2017, The American College of Physicians (ACP) publishes a guideline to present the evidence and provide clinical recommendations on noninvasive treatment of low back pain. The target audience for this guideline includes all clinicians, and the target patient population includes adults with acute, subacute, or chronic low back pain. Clinicians and patients should…

  • Acupuncture is worth a try for chronic pain -from Harvard Medical Publications

    An international team of experts pooled the results of 29 studies involving nearly 18,000 participants, the research adds to the evidence that acupuncture does provide real relief from common forms of pain. The results were published in Archives of Internal Medicine. “I think the benefit of acupuncture is clear, and the complications and potential adverse effects of acupuncture…