Digestion begins in the mouth once food is taken in. Chewing and saliva begin the breakdown of food and prepare it to move through the...

Steve is 59 and was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2015. He shares how daily acupuncture helps him manage his symptoms. 'By the time I...

It is now well known that acupuncture is an excellent treatment for back pain. Interestingly, this study found a link between chronic low...

Allergic Rhinitis(AR) is one of the most common conditions in Ireland. It is caused by an allergen e.g. dust mites, pollen, dander which...

Bells Palsy can be a very frightening experience for people, as the symptoms mimic that of a stroke. Always go and see a medical doctor...

Around 1 in 25 of the UK population has fibromyalgia, a lifelong condition involving widespread musculoskeletal pain and tenderness,...

Neck pain is one of the three most frequently reported complaints of the musculoskeletal system. Twenty-six to 71% of the adult...

Up to half a million people in the UK experience work-related stress every year, which often results in illness.(Health and Safety...

Sports injuries are common, and vary from minor toe injuries to major complex trauma. Usually, only soft tissue is damaged, but there can...

Sciatica, more accurately termed lumbar radiculopathy, is a syndrome involving nerve root impingement and/or inflammation that has...

Overt hypothyroidism is diagnosed by a serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentration above the normal reference range and a serum...

Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis) is characterised by pain and tenderness over the lateral epicondyle of the humerus. In the UK, the...

Clinical trials evaluating acupuncture for osteoarthritis of the knee constitute some of the highest quality evidence available regarding...

In the UK, the prevalence of substance misuse is around 9 per 1,000 of the population aged 15-64 years, and around 3 per 1,000 inject...

Stroke is defined as a neurological deficit of sudden onset which results from cerebrovascular disease and persists for longer than 24...

Research into acupuncture as a medical treatment has grown exponentially in the past 20 years, increasing at twice the rate of research...

Osteoarthritis of the knee was one of the conditions included in this large systematic review, along with back pain, neck pain migraine,...

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic condition that can cause pain, stiffness, progressive joint destruction and deformity, and reduce...

Pregnancy is a physiological state, but even when a woman has an uncomplicated pregnancy she may suffer with back and pelvic pain,...

Neuropathic pain results from damage to, or dysfunction of, the system that normally signals pain. The International Association for the...