New Ideas in Narrative Practice for Mind and Body Healing by Ren LIU, Xiaocong ZHANG, Yiming WANG, Chengying OU, Shunyi XIE, Baosen WEN, Ying HAN, Jin LU

“…To enrich the specific methods of narrative clinical practice in Chinese medicine and stimulate the innovation of narrative medicine practice in China, we advise that medical professionals should integrate theories and treatments related to acupuncture, massage and positive psychology into their narrative medicine practice, taking into account the current state of clinical practice of acupuncturists and the importance of positive emotions in the field of psychology. …”
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The Impact and Correlation of Anxiety and Depression on Pressure Pain Threshold of Acupoints in Patients with Chronic Pelvic Inflammatory Disease by Chenxi Liao, Yu Tan, Kai Wang, Xin Wen, Xiang Hu, Yefang Huang, Ying Li

“…The PPT of acupoints was collected using an electronic Von Frey by two licensed acupuncturists. Results. The CPID patients were divided into anxiety-depression group (group A) or nonanxiety-depression group (group B), according to the SAS and SDS scores. …”
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Acupressure intervention for children: A scoping review by Sri Ramdaniati, Mei Neni Sitaresmi, Fitri Haryanti, Arief Tarmansyah Iman

“…Acupressure on children can be administered by acupuncturists, nurses, doctors, caregivers, and parents, offering six main benefits: alleviating nausea and vomiting, relieving pain, decreasing anxiety, relieving fatigue, increasing visual function, and increasing weight and height. …”
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Observational retrospective study of the association of initial healthcare provider for new-onset low back pain with early and long-term opioid use by Lewis E Kazis, Omid Ameli, James Rothendler, Brigid Garrity, Howard Cabral, Christine McDonough, Kathleen Carey, Michael Stein, Darshak Sanghavi, David Elton, Julie Fritz, Robert Saper

“…Participants had commercial or Medicare Advantage insurance.Exposures The primary independent variable is type of initial healthcare provider including physicians and conservative therapists (physical therapists, chiropractors, acupuncturists).Main outcome measures Short-term opioid use (within 30 days of the index visit) following new LBP visit and long-term opioid use (starting within 60 days of the index date and either 120 or more days’ supply of opioids over 12 months, or 90 days or more supply of opioids and 10 or more opioid prescriptions over 12 months).Results Short-term use of opioids was 22%. …”
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Acupuncture for cancer pain: protocol for a pilot pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Anthony Lin Zhang, Charlie Changli Xue, Xinfeng Guo, Haibo Zhang, Yihan He, Brian H May, Yihong Liu, Yanchun Qu, Xuesong Chang, Chuan-jian Lu

“…The standardised section of the acupuncture protocol will be developed based on the results of reviews of the literature, recommendations in clinical guidelines and interviews with clinical experts. The acupuncturist will be allowed to tailor the protocol according to the individual situation of each participant. …”
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Feasibility and therapeutic efficacy of a two-week low-level laser acupuncture therapy for shoulder and neck pain in office workers: Protocol for a pilot, single-blind, double-arme... by Carol Chunfeng Wang, Lisa Whitehead, Travis Cruickshank, Johnny Lo, Jianhong Cecilia Xia, Jun Wen

“…Each of the two study groups will contain 35 participants: the intervention group will receive LLLA from a licensed acupuncturist at the researchers' university clinic (10-20 min/session, 3 sessions/week) for two weeks; the control group will receive usual care without painkillers. …”
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Long-Acting Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist-Induced Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Patient with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Koji Kikkawa, Hiroto Hoshi, Atsushi Isoda, Kazuya Okada, Junichi Okada, Takuya Watanabe, Eijiro Yamada, Kihachi Ohshima, Shuichi Okada

“…At 3 months after dulaglutide initiation, he began experiencing left shoulder pain that continued despite treatment by an acupuncturist, indicating that the pain was not due to periarthritis scapulohumeralis. …”
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