Acupuncture treatment for headaches: It works, says Cochrane
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
by James Hubbard, M.D., M.P.H.
Acupuncture got an official seal of approval from a respected medical organization this year. It effectively treats tension-type headaches and helps keep away migraines—even better than other preventive treatments—they said.
The Cochrane Collaboration is in independent, well-respected, nonprofit organization that analyzes evidence-based medicine (available studies) to to come up with recommendations of whether interventions work. They are strict, conservative and not easy to please, and it’s hard to get their approval. So if they think some treatment works, the evidence bears them out.
