Acupuncture provides significant quality of life improvements among breast cancer patients taking drugs to prevent recurrence, study shows
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
Use of electroacupuncture (EA) – a form of acupuncture where a small electric current is passed between pairs of acupuncture needles – produces significant improvements in fatigue, anxiety and depression in as little as eight weeks for early stage breast cancer patients experiencing joint pain related to the use of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) to treat breast cancer. The study is the first demonstration of EA’s efficacy for both joint pain relief, as well as these other common symptoms.