Acupuncture's role in Alzheimer’s disease treatment

This week in research, Translational Psychiatry published a review of studies exploring electro-acupuncture for Alzheimer’s disease. Results suggest acupuncture may help reduce harmful brain changes linked to memory loss while improving cognitive function.

(Note: see the full article for details on how animal acupoint locations correspond to human points, along with the authors’ discussion on the advantages of using mouse models in this research.)

And in the press, Nylon contributor, Viviana Harris shares her personal account of facial acupuncture.

Plus, acupuncture CEUs through March 31.

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Kim

Patient-friendly: Translational Psychiatry published a review of studies exploring acupuncture for Alzheimer’s disease. Results suggest acupuncture may help reduce harmful brain changes linked to memory loss and support better cognitive function. While more research in humans is needed, these findings point to acupuncture as a promising, non drug approach for supporting brain health.

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