Annals of internal medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Acupuncture versus placebo for the treatment of chronic mechanical neck pain: a randomized, controlled trial.
Despite substantial increases in its popularity and use, the efficacy of acupuncture for chronic mechanical neck pain remains unproved. ⋯ Acupuncture reduced neck pain and produced a statistically, but not clinically, significant effect compared with placebo. The beneficial effects of acupuncture for pain may be due to both nonspecific and specific effects.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical Trial
Effectiveness of acupuncture as adjunctive therapy in osteoarthritis of the knee: a randomized, controlled trial.
Evidence on the efficacy of acupuncture for reducing the pain and dysfunction of osteoarthritis is equivocal. ⋯ Acupuncture seems to provide improvement in function and pain relief as an adjunctive therapy for osteoarthritis of the knee when compared with credible sham acupuncture and education control groups.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Brief communication: Sleep curtailment in healthy young men is associated with decreased leptin levels, elevated ghrelin levels, and increased hunger and appetite.
Total sleep deprivation in rodents and in humans has been associated with hyperphagia. Over the past 40 years, self-reported sleep duration in the United States has decreased by almost 2 hours. ⋯ Short sleep duration in young, healthy men is associated with decreased leptin levels, increased ghrelin levels, and increased hunger and appetite.