Acupuncture looks 'promising' as inflammatory disease treatment

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Acupuncture looks 'promising' as inflammatory disease treatment

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/acupuncture-looks-39-promising-39-inflammatory-disease-treatment-165902245.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5U13m_iMoNVgUmT4pOKJXw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/US-AFPRelax/shutterstock_20.d86c0083711.original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Acupucture has been shown to reduce inflammation provoked by sepsis." align="left" title="Acupucture has been shown to reduce inflammation provoked by sepsis." border="0" /></a>New research published in the journal Nature Medicine details a direct connection between acupuncture and the treatment of sepsis, a condition stemming from exposure to infection in hospital intensive care units. Acupuncture, an ancient Chinese remedy, has been used in a variety of contexts, including as a chronic pain treatment, a weight-loss aid and a complement to in-vitro fertilization. For this study, doctors turned their attention to sepsis, a major cause of hospital deaths. They die because of the inflammatory disorder they develop after the infection,&quot; says lead researcher Luis Ulloa, an immunologist at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.</p><br clear="all"/>

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