Inspired by Bitencourt et al 2026.[1] IF – impact factorICMART – International Council for Medical Acupuncture and Related TechniquesFMD – flow mediated dilationpSBP – peripheral systolic blood pressureNO – nitrous oxidepDBP – peripheral diastolic blood pressureMA – manual acupuncture – key to acronyms I remember seeing this paper come up on my searches earlier this … Continue reading Acupuncture and hypertension 2026
Inspired by Usichenko et al 2026.[1] Taras orchestrating a demonstration of the inhibition of the gag reflex at the BMAS Symposium during WFAS 2024 in London. TEE – transoesophageal echocardiographyIF – impact factorWFAS – World Federation of Acupuncture SocietiesATCM – Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine (UK)VRS – verbal rating scaleIQR – interquartile range – key to … Continue reading Acupuncture and TEE 2026
Inspired by Chen et al 2026.[1] AI generated image of ‘chemotherapy induced nausea’. EA – electroacupunctureCINV – chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomitingIF – impact factor5-HT – 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin)NK – neurokininGSRS – gastrointestinal symptom rating scaleIBS – irritable bowel syndromeMCID – minimal clinically important differenceSD – standard deviationCI – confidence interval (95% here) – key to acronyms … Continue reading EA for CINV 2026
Stimulated by Xu et al 2026.[1] Photo by Nina zeynep gu00fcler ud83eudd95 zz on Pexels.com IF – impact factorRCT – randomised controlled trialCEA – clinician’s erythema assessmentAA – auricular acupressureIGA – investigator global assessmentCGRP – calcitonin gene-related peptideIL-6 – interleukin 6LL-37 – cathelicidin antimicrobial peptideTNFα – tumour necrosis factor αhCAP18 – human cathelicidin antimicrobial protein … Continue reading Auricular acupressure for rosacea 2026
Stimulated by Tu et al 2026.[1] Photo by Matthew Zheng on Pexels.com EA – electroacupunctureIF – impact factorRCT – randomised controlled trialWL – waiting listNPQ – Northwick Park neck pain questionnaireVAS – visual analogue scaleMA – manual acupunctureINT – intradermal needle therapy – key to acronyms This is another paper on EA for chronic neck … Continue reading EA for chronic neck pain 2026
Stimulated by Chen et al 2026.[1] Photo by ROCKETMANN TEAM on Pexels.com IF – impact factorUS – United States of AmericaTriNetX – EHR from 67 HCOs in the US Collaborative NetworkEHR – electronic health recordsHCO – health care organisationNHIRD – national health insurance research database (Taiwan)PSM – propensity score matchingWBC – white blood cell countALT … Continue reading Acupuncture and cholecystectomy 2026
Stimulated by Jun et al 2026.[1] Image of Mireuksaji Stone Pagoda, Iksan. IF – impact factorPWD – patients with disabilityIHD – ischaemic heart diseaseCVD – cardiovascular diseaseNHIS – national health insurance service (South Korea)PSM – propensity score matchingCCI – Charlston comorbidity indexaHR – adjusted hazard ratioCI – confidence interval – key to acronyms This paper … Continue reading Risk of mortality 2026
Stimulated by Wang Z et al and Wang Y et al 2026.[1,2] Lifetime risk of developing migraine from GBD 2021.[1] GBD – global burden of diseaseIF – impact factorNVU – neurovascular unitSDI – sociodemographic indexBBB – blood brain barrier – key to acronyms These papers both appeared on my PubMed searches at the same time … Continue reading Migraine 2026
Stimulated by 10 reports from March to September 2026.[1–10] See if you can guess the case from which this image is taken. AE – adverse eventGPAC – Gram-positive anaerobic coccusIF – impact factorCT – computed tomographyCECT – contrast-enhanced computed tomographyMTP – metatarsophalangealCXR – chest X-ray – key to acronyms I have been accumulating this sample … Continue reading Adverse events 2026
Stimulated by Hyun et al 2026.[1] Gadolinium rim enhancement of a sequestered disc on T1-weighted MRI... see PID regression 2021. KM – Korean medicine (referring to traditional Korean medicine, but mostly acupuncture)LDH – lumbar disc herniationIF – impact factorTKR – total knee replacementOA – osteoarthritisHIRA – health insurance review and assessment service (South Korea)NHIS – … Continue reading KM in LDH 2026
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