Research:Traditional Chinese Medicine Effectively Treats Eczema. Researchers at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York presented a study at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) which concluded that Chinese medicine was found to safely and effectively treat patients with persistent atopic dermatitis - or eczema, as it's commonly known.

  
Research:Two Modes of Acupuncture May Work for Hot Flushes.  Two modes of acupuncture appear to decrease the number and distress of hot flushes in men receiving castrational treatment for prostate cancer, according to a Swedish study.

 
Research:Study Shows Acupuncture Effective for Weight Loss. Acupuncture is an effective weight loss tool, according to a recent study. With more and more people adding acupuncture to their weight loss came the need for a critical assessment of the studies that have been performed. The International Journal of Obesity just published a review of 31 studies on the efficacy of acupuncture in the treatment of obesity. The systematic review was comprised of 3013 individual cases where acupuncture was used to reduce body weight.

 
Research:Acupuncture Beats Aspirin for Chronic Pain. A review of studies involving nearly 4,000 patients with migraine, tension headache and other forms of chronic headache showed that that 62 percent of the acupuncture patients reported headache relief compared to 45 percent of people taking medications, the team at Duke University found.

 
Research:Acupuncture Shows Promise In Improving Rates Of Pregnancy Following IVF. A review of seven clinical trials of acupuncture given with embryo transfer in women undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) suggests that acupuncture may improve rates of pregnancy.

 
Study: Acupuncture Works for Back Pain  German researchers have found...almost half the patients treated with acupuncture needles felt relief that lasted months. In contrast, only about a quarter of the patients receiving medications and other Western medical treatments felt better.

 
NY Times: Acupuncture Moves Toward the Mainstream. Alfred Szymanski turned to acupuncture to lower his blood pressure after exercise and drugs failed.

CNN: Brain imaging suggests acupuncture works, study says