Evidence
What systematic reviews and clinical guidelines report for one condition at a time, and what they could not settle.
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Cancer pain
What the Cochrane review, three later meta-analyses, trials in cancer survivors and advanced cancer, and the SIO–ASCO, ESMO and TCM Recs guidelines report on acupuncture for pain in people with cancer.
Modern research · Anyone · 11 min
Cancer-related fatigue
What four systematic reviews, trials of acupuncture and self-acupressure in the UK and the United States, and the 2024 ASCO–SIO guideline report on acupuncture and acupressure for fatigue during and after cancer treatment.
Modern research · Anyone · 9 min
Chemotherapy-induced neuropathy
What three systematic reviews, an umbrella review, trials of acupuncture and electroacupuncture for treating and preventing nerve damage from chemotherapy, and three guidelines from 2020 and 2022 report.
Modern research · Anyone · 8 min
Chronic fatigue syndrome
What systematic reviews, the sham-controlled and usual-care trials, NICE's 2021 ME/CFS guideline and the CDC report on acupuncture and moxibustion for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.
Modern research · Anyone · 10 min
Chronic pain
What the individual patient data meta-analyses, a three-armed trial review and NICE’s chronic primary pain guideline report on acupuncture for chronic pain.
Modern research · Anyone · 7 min
Clinical guidelines
What NICE, the American College of Physicians, WHO, VA/DoD and other guideline bodies say about acupuncture, condition by condition, and why they differ.
Modern research · Anyone · 11 min
Cognitive impairment and dementia
What the Cochrane review of vascular dementia, later reviews against drugs and sham, four trials and NICE's dementia guideline report on acupuncture for mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia.
Modern research · Anyone · 9 min
Constipation
What systematic reviews against sham and drugs, three trials from one Beijing hospital, two reviews of opioid-induced constipation, and three guidelines report on acupuncture and electroacupuncture for chronic constipation.
Modern research · Anyone · 9 min
COPD
What Cochrane's withdrawn breathlessness review, five later reviews, the sham-controlled trials of breathlessness on exertion and walk distance, and the GOLD and NICE guidelines report on acupuncture for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Modern research · Anyone · 9 min