A small 2008 study published in Medical Acupuncture reported that acupuncture significantly reduced the pain associated with trigeminal neuralgia for 11 out of 12 study participants.
One participant required only two acupuncture treatments to completely relieve the pain, while the remaining 10 participants required between three and nine treatments to achieve complete relief.
According to researchers from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, twice weekly acupuncture relieves severe radiation-induced dry mouth among patients treated with radiation for head and neck cancer.
Study participants were given acupuncture two times a week for four weeks. All of the study participants reported significant decreases of severe dry mouth and greatly improved quality-of-life.
A study published last month in the Archives of Internal Medicine reported that older adults who eat a lot of red and processed meat are at a higher risk of death. Conversely, the study found that eating white meat (poultry and fish) may have a protective effect.
After adjustment for confounders, men and women who consumed the highest amount of red and processed meat had significantly increased risks for overall mortality, cancer-related deaths, and cardiovascular-disease–related deaths, relative to those who consumed the least.
Consumption of white meat was associated with significantly decreased risks for total and cancer-related mortality.
