Acupuncture & breech presentation.
A study carried out in Croatia compared the outcome of 34 pregnant women with breech presentation treated by manual needling of Zhiyin BL-67 (with deqi), and 33 similar women not treated by acupuncture as a control. Acupuncture was given from 34 weeks, each session lasting 30 minutes, 2 sessions...

Point specificity of acupuncture in the light of recent clinical and imaging studies.
Abstract One fundamental question that is still not resolved is whether acupuncture needles must be inserted in specific points to have their greatest effects. In the majority of large RCTs recently conducted in Germany, acupuncture was significantly more effective than doing nothing but not than sham acupuncture....

Orthopedic center construction on schedule.
Byline: REAL ESTATE By Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard A $20 million medical facility that will offer one-stop services for orthopedic ailments remains on track for completion this fall, and within budget, says Steve Korth of the McKay Investment Co., owner-builder of the project. The Slocum...

Behind the screens: mammograms.
For most of the 20th century, physicians thought that breast cancer was a local disease that only spread to the rest of the body late in its course. Early detection ... meant that the cancer would be caught and treated before it could kill.... We know now that breast...

Acupuncture prior to and at embryo transfer in an assisted conception unit--a case series.
Abstract Over a period of three years, acupuncture was offered to patients entering assisted reproduction therapy. Acupuncture sessions were given at varying, but usually weekly, intervals during the in vitro fertilisation (IVF) cycle, and immediately before and after embryo transfer. Twenty two patients (average age 36.2 years)...

Philippine Society of Emergency Care Physicians holds its 13th Annual Convention.
EMERGENCY medicine is a branch of medicine undertaken in hospital emergency departments and other locations where initial medical treatment of illness takes place. This field focuses on rapid assessment, decisions, and intervention on acute illnesses and injuries that require immediate care. The Philippine Society of Emergency Care...

Pedicle torsion of ovarian cyst and acupuncture--a case report.
Abstract A case history is reported of a patient who presented with acute pedicle torsion in a left ovarian cyst, which had been diagnosed seven months previously. The diagnosis was established by sonography. She declined surgery for personal reasons, and was treated with acupuncture. Her pain was...

The battered child; a[euro]Chorus: Heartless woman! Are you made of stone or steel? Will you slaughter the children, your own seed, Slaughter them with your own hands?a[euro] Euripedes (480-406 B.C.), Greek dramatist Medea (431 B.C.).
Byline: Dr. Jose Pujalte Jr. AN emergency room doctor will never forget his first battered child patient. Usually not more than six years old, the child is beyond irritable, the common description of a normal patient his age. Instead, the child is dirty, withdrawn, emotionless and mute....

DI NOW DISTRIBUTOR OF HEARTLAB'S ENCOMPASS.
Heartlab, Inc., Westerly, R.I., and Diagnostic Imaging, Inc. have entered into a contractual agreement under which DI distributes Heartlab's Encompass(TM) Cardiac Network in the United States. Heartlab specializes in the development of cardiac imaging software and the integration of cardiac imaging network systems. Diagnostic Imaging, Inc. (DI) is a...

A mirror to world dermatology. (20th World Congress).
PARIS -- From the clinical symposia to the exhibit hall, the 20th World Congress of Dermatology revealed a disturbing truth: The rich are indeed getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer and facing growing dermatologic adversities. One need only have spent a few hours on the...