Acupuncture May Help Ease Symptoms of COPD

MONDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acupuncture may help relieve shortness of breath during activity, Japanese researchers suggest.

Acupuncture May Be Worth a Shot for COPD

Acupuncture may allow people with the lung disease COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) to breathe a little bit easier.

More Americans using acupuncture for common ailments

Americans are using acupuncture more to provide relief from pain and common ailments, according to a new survey

Dry needling uses eastern acupuncture needles in western framework

Some say it is bringing an eastern tool into a western medical framework. Others say it's just acupuncture by another name. Whatever you call it, Chris West says it works. West, a physical therapist, calls it trigger point dry needling, and he says it straightened out his chronic lower back pain.

Acupuncture appears linked with improvement in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

According to a small clinical trial reported by investigators from Japan, acupuncture appears to be associated with improvement of dyspnea (labored breathing) on exertion, in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.