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Acupuncture for Heart Attack Patients
Heart Attack! Even in ancient times, the idea of heart attacks was not unknown in China. While the old timers obviously did not yet know...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Jun 29, 20142 min read
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Real Acupuncture versus Sham – Again
The Skeptics’ Claim We will always hear skeptics harp on and on how there is supposedly no evidence for acupuncture’s effectivity. When...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
May 13, 20142 min read
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Diabetic Painful Neuropathy: Treatable with Acupuncture?
Diabetic Neuropathy In my practice, I receive quite a good number of referrals from other healthcare workers about the treatment of...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Apr 12, 20142 min read
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Protective Effects of ST 36 Zusanli Against Sepsis
Sepsis is the overwhelming immune response to infection leading to organ damage due to inflammation. Septic shock is a possibly fatal...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Mar 23, 20143 min read
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Rotating Acupuncture Needles Works Better than Just Sticking Them In
The Deqi Sensation A common myth among patients is that acupuncturists merely stick acupuncture needles into patients, and that’s it. ...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Feb 12, 20142 min read
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Electro Acupuncture for Stroke: Spasticity of the Arm in Chronic Stroke Patients
Acupuncture for Stroke Sequelae Cerebrovascular Disease or stroke is a potentially devastating condition. Two kinds of paralysis may...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Feb 2, 20142 min read
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Acupuncture For Bladder Control in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
Spinal Cord Injury, Bladder and Bowel Control Spinal cord injury is truly a traumatic experience. By traumatic I mean more than just the...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Jan 5, 20142 min read
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Biased Journalism About Acupuncture Again
A Ridiculous Headline A recent study, which I myself blogged about (Acupuncture in Complementary Cancer Care: Easing Joint Pain From...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Dec 27, 20134 min read
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Acupuncture vs Valproic Acid in Migraine Prevention
Splitting Headaches Migraines are not ordinary headaches. As one who suffered migraines himself, I can definitely testify to the...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Dec 14, 20134 min read
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Acupuncture Relieves Pancreatic Cancer Pain
Pancreatic Cancer Our research article today is from the journal Pancreatology. The article in particular is Electroacupuncture...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Dec 6, 20132 min read
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Acupuncture in Complementary Cancer Care: Easing Joint Pain From Breast Cancer Treatment
Acupuncture In Cancer Treatment My distaste for quacks and charlatans is well known. I myself have seen cancer victims be bamboozled...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Nov 25, 20134 min read
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Repost: Definite Proof Acupuncture is More than Just Placebo
This article originally appeared on qi-spot.com, my old blog, on April 30, 2010. Dead links have been removed or edited. Enough with...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Nov 24, 20133 min read
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Acupuncture For Anxiety Relief During Aftermath of Philippines Earthquake
When a massive earthquake hit our country hard last October 15, everyone was rightfully concerned about the availability of basic...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Nov 3, 20132 min read
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Pre-Operative Acupuncture to Prevent Opioid-Induced Nausea and Vomiting
I have often mentioned to my medical students that the acupoint PC 6 Neiguan is among the acupuncture points most frequently studied in...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Apr 12, 20132 min read
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Pre-Op Jitters? Acupuncture Helps!
I recall the story of a famous surgeon. He was a reputed miracle worker whose talent with the scalpel was unparalleled. Countless lives...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Feb 1, 20133 min read
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The Achilles Heel
Ever since I personally got involved in sports medicine, I’ve been getting questions about acupuncture for Achilles Tendinitis. While...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Jan 6, 20132 min read
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Safety Precautions in Acupuncture
Just recently, I was told by a colleague the story of how a so-called “practitioner” who just finished a few weekends’ worth of...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Dec 4, 20123 min read
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Ear Acupuncture and Weight Loss
One thing that many patients may not realize is that there is not one entity called “acupuncture.” The word, actually, is a loose...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Nov 22, 20122 min read
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Acupuncture Improves Sleep in Postmenopausal Women
The Holy Grail in medical clinical research is the double-blind, placebo controlled study. This is the one thing that skeptics claim...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Nov 14, 20122 min read
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Research Shows Which Nerve Fibers Get the Point – Reposting
Another of my favorite posts from my previous blog, dated May 3, 2010. (http://qi-spot.com/2010/05/03/research-shows-which-nerve-fibers-...
Philip Niño Tan-Gatue
Nov 2, 20124 min read
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