Acupuncture Relieves Menstrual Pain

Acupuncture relieves menstrual pain, a German study suggests - Acupuncture can help relieve menstrual pain and improve the quality of life for some women, a new study from Germany shows. Because the acupuncture patients were compared with a control group that received no therapy, rather than a "sham", or fake, version of the treatment, the placebo effect could have played a role, Dr. Claudia M. Witt of Charite University Medical Center in Berlin and her colleagues acknowledge. "Nevertheless, our study showed that acupuncture was beneficial for women..., "the researchers write in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

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