Welcome to the AAMA’s patient resource center. If you’ve come to this page, you’re likely looking for answers about whether or not acupuncture could help with your or a loved one’s health and well-being. We hope the information collected here will help you find the solutions you’re seeking.
Read moreAdvantages of Collaborative Acupuncture or Acupressure Regarding the Side Effects of the Following Types of Medications / Therapies by John M. Ackerman, M.D., Diplomate in Psychiatry, December 2005.
Read more1998 article in Discover Magazine reporting on experience of scientific skeptics regarding acupuncture DISCOVER Vol. 19 No. 9 (September 1998)
Read moreAcupuncture therapy for stroke-caused conditions such as paralysis, speech and swallowing problems, and depression is commonly used in the Orient. By Russ Erickson, M.D.
Read moreRead this article by J. K. Rotchford, M.D. MPH if you are a doctor interested in integrating Medical Acupuncture in your current practice.
Read moreRead an interview with Bruce Pomeranz, PhD who first published that analgesia in acupuncture is mediated by endorphins and that acupuncture accelerates wound healing. (Interviewed in Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, Nov. 1996, Vol.2, No.6, p.85-91)
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