Real acupuncture no better than sham acupuncture for treating hot flushes

Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 12:35 in Health & Medicine

A new study has found that real acupuncture is no better than sham acupuncture for treating hot flushes. But, in a surprise finding, both the real and sham treatments showed a 40 per cent improvement in the severity and frequency of hot flushes at the end of eight weeks of treatment. The benefits were sustained […]

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