Acupuncture relieves hot flushes in breast cancer patients takin...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 04/17/2008 - 23:00

Acupuncture provides effective relief from hot flushes in women who are being treated with the anti-estrogen tamoxifen following surgery for breast cancer, according to new research presented on Friday at the 6th European Breast Cancer Conference in Berlin.


 

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