Chronic pain exerts an enormous personal and economic burden, affecting more than 30%
of people worldwide according to some studies. Unlike acute pain, which carries survival …

Neuropathic pain remains a significant unmet medical need. Several recommendations
have recently been proposed concerning pharmacotherapy, neurostimulation techniques …

Funding for the development of this Practice Guidance was provided by the American
Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. MV was supported by aAQ19 Patient-Centered …

So far, a number of acupuncture studies have shown anti-inflammatory effects of
acupuncture treatment, mostly known at specific point ST36. However, there is no literature …

Medical pain management is in crisis; from the pervasiveness of pain to inadequate pain
treatment, from the escalation of prescription opioids to an epidemic in addiction, diversion …

Importance The opioid crisis creates challenges for cancer pain management. Acupuncture
confers clinical benefits for chronic nonmalignant pain, but its effectiveness in cancer …

Methodological challenges in design and conduct of randomised controlled trials in acupuncture
Page 1 the bmj | BMJ 2022;376:e064345 | doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-064345 1 Acupuncture: How …

Most patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) should be treated in primary care by non-
surgical treatments. Building on substantial evidence from randomised trials, exercise …

Pain management for cancer patients should include pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic
interventions. Integrative medicine therapies, such as mind-body practice, acupuncture …

Objective To assess the efficacy of intensive acupuncture (3 times weekly for 8 weeks)
versus sham acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods In this multicenter …