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Treating the Root Cause: Acupuncture for the Treatment of Migraine, Menopausal Vasomotor Symptoms, and Chronic Insomnia

Overview of attention for article published in EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing, April 2014
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Title
Treating the Root Cause: Acupuncture for the Treatment of Migraine, Menopausal Vasomotor Symptoms, and Chronic Insomnia
Published in
EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing, April 2014
DOI 10.1016/j.explore.2014.04.001
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Authors

Amber E. Hammes, Dietlind L. Wahner-Roedler, Brent A. Bauer

Abstract

This case report describes the effectiveness of a single intervention, acupuncture, for relieving or abolishing severe migraines, menopausal vasomotor symptoms, and chronic insomnia and, thus, markedly improving quality of life. A 49-year-old woman was referred for acupuncture treatment of her daily migraines, menopausal vasomotor symptoms, and chronic insomnia. The patient had received polypharmacy treatment for these conditions for several years but had rather limited relief of her symptoms. The patient received 10 weekly or biweekly acupuncture treatments over three months. Her migraines reduced in frequency and intensity after her first acupuncture treatment, and she was able to discontinue use of her migraine medications after her eighth treatment. Subsequently, her menopausal vasomotor symptoms and chronic insomnia resolved. This case illustrates successful treatment of the symptoms of three medical conditions with a single complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine procedure, namely, acupuncture, one of the key elements of traditional Chinese medicine. The patient's medical problems had been treated for years with a multitude of medications, which led to adverse effects and little symptomatic improvement. Providers of complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine and providers practicing allopathic medicine should seek treatment options for their patients that promise to be helpful for various symptoms or diseases, that is, treating the root cause rather than using polypharmacy for various symptoms.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Italy 1 1%
Unknown 81 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 29 35%
Student > Master 12 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 6%
Other 4 5%
Researcher 4 5%
Other 11 13%
Unknown 17 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 34 41%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 20%
Social Sciences 4 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 2%
Psychology 2 2%
Other 7 9%
Unknown 17 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 12. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 May 2017.
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#2,965,645
of 25,371,288 outputs
Outputs from EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing
#175
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#28,782
of 241,050 outputs
Outputs of similar age from EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing
#1
of 6 outputs
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