{"id":848,"date":"2010-06-03T14:48:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-03T02:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2010\/06\/acupuncture_adenosine\/"},"modified":"2010-06-03T14:48:34","modified_gmt":"2010-06-03T02:48:34","slug":"acupuncture-adenosine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/bioblog\/2010\/06\/acupuncture-adenosine\/","title":{"rendered":"acupuncture &amp; adenosine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of days ago the morning paper carried a story about acupuncture. More specifically, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/lifestyle\/New-insights-into-how-acupuncture-works-95422609.html\">a story<\/a> saying that researchers had shown how acupuncture works to reduce pain. The study was done in mice (&amp; so presumably used very small needles) &amp; found that &#8216;needling&#8217; was followed by release of adenosine, a substance <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/9248564\">which has been known for some time<\/a> to reduce sensations of pain.<\/p>\n<p>It sounded interesting &amp; I filed it away mentally for further examination. Unfortunately time is passing &amp; I haven&#8217;t a huge amount of it to spare.&nbsp;<i>Fortunately<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/insolence\/2010\/06\/when_what_an_acupuncture_study_shows_is.php\">Orac has done his usual thorough job of reviewing the original research paper <\/a>(&amp; identifying some of the <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-27083_3-20006371-247.html\">more overheated reactions<\/a> to the publication). So go over there to read his review &amp; join in the discussion \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of days ago the morning paper carried a story about acupuncture. More specifically, a story saying that researchers had shown how acupuncture works to reduce pain. 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