Categories for General Acupuncture

Acupuncture Improves Exercise Tolerance in Heart Patients, German Study Finds

Acupuncture can improve exercise tolerance in patients suffering from chronic heart failure, according to new research from Germany. Needles don't increase the heart's pump function, but they seem to have an influence on skeletal muscle strength and thus can increase the walk distance that heart patients can cover. The results of the clinical study have been published in the medical journal "Heart."

Acupuncture Helps Skeletal Muscle Loss

A team of Japanese researchers has demonstrated that acupuncture can reduce skeletal muscle loss and improve health in elderly and medical patients.

Are You Sitting Too Much?

Do you sit a lot at work and feel like you need to move around more? Learn about some at work-solutions you can do that may help you get physical activity.