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• Acupuncture: Past, Present, and Future; Jason Jishun Hao, DOM, MTCM, MBA, United States; Michele Mittelman, RN, MPH, United States
• Clinical Study on the Application of Acupuncture in the Postoperative Rehabilitation of Dogs Affected by Acute Thoracolumbar Disc Herniation; Michela Antonucci, Erika Passarini, Enrico Bruno, Thomas Dalmonte and Giuseppe Spinella

• Point of Influence: What is the Role of Acupuncture in In Vitro Fertilization Outcomes?; Lee E. Hullender Rubin, DAOM, MS, LAc, FABORM

• The effect of acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer on the in vitro fertilization outcomes: An RCT; Alamtaj Samsami Dehghani, M.D., Kaynoosh Homayouni M.D., Zahra Kanannejad Ph.D., Zeinab Kanannejad M.D.
• The Efficacy of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Bell’s Palsy Sequelae; Canan Ertemoglu Öksu, Ahmet Kalaycıoglu, Özlem Uzun, Şahi Nur Kalkıs‚ım, Nihat Burak Zihni, Ahmet Yıldırım, Cavit Boz
• Acupuncture treatment for lumbar disc herniation with scoliosis; Qing Liu, MD, Han Zhang, MD, FangXuan Lin, MD, LiFang Chen, PhD, ZhangLian Wang, PhD
• Immediate effect of three different electroacupuncture protocols on fasting blood glucose in obese patients: a pilot study; Maria Belivani, Thomas Lundeberg, Mike Cummings, Charikleia Dimitroula, Nicole Belivani, Dimitris Vasilakos, Apostolos Hatzitolios

• Neuropuncture, an Effective Treatment Method for Patients with Subjective Tinnitus Accompanied with Hearing Loss: Case Reports; Helen K. Law, PhD, DAc, LAc, and Michael D. Corradino, MSTOM, DAOM, AP

• Oregon Medical Board Report

• Cordyceps militaris Modulates Intestinal Barrier Function and Gut
  Microbiota in a Pig Model; Hongmei Zheng, Haigang Cao, Deming Zhang, Jiahe Huang, Jinshu Li, Shaoying Wang, Junfeng Lu, Xiao Li, Gongshe Yang and Xin’e Shi
• Acupuncture combined with Chinese herbs versus Chinese herbs alone to improve the clinical efficacy of uterine fibroids: a systematic review and meta-analysis; Tianyu Chen, Xin Chen, Wei He, Xiaojing Ma and Zheng Zuo
• The mast cell stabilizing activity of Chaga mushroom critical for its therapeutic effect on food allergy is derived from inotodiol; Thi Minh Nguyen Nguyet, Maria Lomunova, Ba Vinh Le, Ji Sun Lee, Seol Kyu Park, Jong Seong Kang, Young Ho Kimb, Inkyu Hwanga
• Alternative Perspectives: How Chinese Medicine Understands Hypercholesterolemia; Kylie A. O’Brien
• Pancreatic lipase inhibition of strictinin isolated from Pu’er tea (Cammelia sinensis) and its anti-obesity effects in C57BL6 mice; Tzu-Yin Chen, Miki M.C. Wang, Sheng-Kuo Hsieh, Meng-Huang Hsieh,
  Wen-Ying Chen, Jason T.C. Tzen
• Ripe and Raw Pu-Erh Tea: LC-MS Profiling, Antioxidant Capacity and Enzyme Inhibition Activities of Aqueous and Hydro-Alcoholic Extracts; Gabriella Roda, Cristina Marinello, Anita Grassi, Claudia Picozzi, Giancarlo Aldini, Marina Carini and Luca Regazzoni
• The Anti-inflammatory Mechanism of Pu-erh Tea via Suppression the Activation of NF-κB/HIF-1α in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 Cells; Su-Jin Kim
• Pu-Erh Tea Relaxes the Thoracic Aorta of Rats by Reducing Intracellular Calcium; Dan Luo, Xuejiao Chen, Xu Zhu, Shuang Liu, Jie Li, Jianping Xu, Jinhua Zhao and Xu Ji
• Theabrownin from Pu-erh tea attenuates hypercholesterolemia via modulation of gut microbiota and bile acid metabolism; Fengjie Huang, Xiaojiao Zheng, Xiaohui Ma, Runqiu Jiang, Wangyi Zhou, Shuiping Zhou, Yunjing Zhang, Sha Lei, Shouli Wang, Junliang Kuang, Xiaolong Han, Meilin Wei, Yijun You, Mengci Li, Yitao Li, Dandan Liang, Jiajian Liu, Tianlu Chen, Chao Yan, Runmin Wei, Cynthia Rajani, Chengxing Shen, Guoxiang Xie, Zhaoxiang Bian, Houkai Li, Aihua Zhao & Wei Jia

• Enhancement of bone consolidation using high-frequency pulsed electromagnetic fields (HF-PEMFs): An experimental study on rats; Daniel Oltean-Dan, Gabriela Bombonica Dogaru, Dragos Apostu, Alexandru Mester, Horea Rares Ciprian Benea, Mihai Gheorghe Paiusan, Catalin Ovidiu Popa, Elena Mihaela Jianu, Gyorgy Istvan Bodizs, Cristian Berce, Alina Mihaela Toader, Gheorghe Tomoaia
• Promising application of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMFs) in musculoskeletal disorders; Hongzhi Hu, Wenbo Yang, Qianwen Zeng, Wei Chen, YanBin Zhu, Weijian Liu, Shangyu Wang, Baichuan Wang, Zengwu Shao, Yingze Zhang
• Physiological and Molecular Genetic Effects of Time-Varying Electromagnetic Fields on Human Neuronal Cells; Thomas J. Goodwin, Ph.D.
• Pulsed electromagnetic fields in knee osteoarthritis: a double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial; Gian Luca Bagnato, Giovanni Miceli, Natale Marino, Davide Sciortino and Gian Filippo Bagnato

• Clinical effect of qigong practice on essential hypertension: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials; Guo X, Zhou B, Nishimura T, Teramukai S, Fukushima M

• Acupuncture: Past, Present, and Future; Jason Jishun Hao, DOM, MTCM, MBA, United States; Michele Mittelman, RN, MPH, United States
• Clinical Study on the Application of Acupuncture in the Postoperative Rehabilitation of Dogs Affected by Acute Thoracolumbar Disc Herniation; Michela Antonucci, Erika Passarini, Enrico Bruno, Thomas Dalmonte and Giuseppe Spinella

• Point of Influence: What is the Role of Acupuncture in In Vitro Fertilization Outcomes?; Lee E. Hullender Rubin, DAOM, MS, LAc, FABORM

• The effect of acupuncture on the day of embryo transfer on the in vitro fertilization outcomes: An RCT; Alamtaj Samsami Dehghani, M.D., Kaynoosh Homayouni M.D., Zahra Kanannejad Ph.D., Zeinab Kanannejad M.D.
• The Efficacy of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Bell’s Palsy Sequelae; Canan Ertemoglu Öksu, Ahmet Kalaycıoglu, Özlem Uzun, Şahi Nur Kalkıs‚ım, Nihat Burak Zihni, Ahmet Yıldırım, Cavit Boz
• Acupuncture treatment for lumbar disc herniation with scoliosis; Qing Liu, MD, Han Zhang, MD, FangXuan Lin, MD, LiFang Chen, PhD, ZhangLian Wang, PhD
• Immediate effect of three different electroacupuncture protocols on fasting blood glucose in obese patients: a pilot study; Maria Belivani, Thomas Lundeberg, Mike Cummings, Charikleia Dimitroula, Nicole Belivani, Dimitris Vasilakos, Apostolos Hatzitolios

• Neuropuncture, an Effective Treatment Method for Patients with Subjective Tinnitus Accompanied with Hearing Loss: Case Reports; Helen K. Law, PhD, DAc, LAc, and Michael D. Corradino, MSTOM, DAOM, AP

• Oregon Medical Board Report

• Cordyceps militaris Modulates Intestinal Barrier Function and Gut
  Microbiota in a Pig Model; Hongmei Zheng, Haigang Cao, Deming Zhang, Jiahe Huang, Jinshu Li, Shaoying Wang, Junfeng Lu, Xiao Li, Gongshe Yang and Xin’e Shi
• Acupuncture combined with Chinese herbs versus Chinese herbs alone to improve the clinical efficacy of uterine fibroids: a systematic review and meta-analysis; Tianyu Chen, Xin Chen, Wei He, Xiaojing Ma and Zheng Zuo
• The mast cell stabilizing activity of Chaga mushroom critical for its therapeutic effect on food allergy is derived from inotodiol; Thi Minh Nguyen Nguyet, Maria Lomunova, Ba Vinh Le, Ji Sun Lee, Seol Kyu Park, Jong Seong Kang, Young Ho Kimb, Inkyu Hwanga
• Alternative Perspectives: How Chinese Medicine Understands Hypercholesterolemia; Kylie A. O’Brien
• Pancreatic lipase inhibition of strictinin isolated from Pu’er tea (Cammelia sinensis) and its anti-obesity effects in C57BL6 mice; Tzu-Yin Chen, Miki M.C. Wang, Sheng-Kuo Hsieh, Meng-Huang Hsieh,
  Wen-Ying Chen, Jason T.C. Tzen
• Ripe and Raw Pu-Erh Tea: LC-MS Profiling, Antioxidant Capacity and Enzyme Inhibition Activities of Aqueous and Hydro-Alcoholic Extracts; Gabriella Roda, Cristina Marinello, Anita Grassi, Claudia Picozzi, Giancarlo Aldini, Marina Carini and Luca Regazzoni
• The Anti-inflammatory Mechanism of Pu-erh Tea via Suppression the Activation of NF-κB/HIF-1α in LPS-stimulated RAW264.7 Cells; Su-Jin Kim
• Pu-Erh Tea Relaxes the Thoracic Aorta of Rats by Reducing Intracellular Calcium; Dan Luo, Xuejiao Chen, Xu Zhu, Shuang Liu, Jie Li, Jianping Xu, Jinhua Zhao and Xu Ji
• Theabrownin from Pu-erh tea attenuates hypercholesterolemia via modulation of gut microbiota and bile acid metabolism; Fengjie Huang, Xiaojiao Zheng, Xiaohui Ma, Runqiu Jiang, Wangyi Zhou, Shuiping Zhou, Yunjing Zhang, Sha Lei, Shouli Wang, Junliang Kuang, Xiaolong Han, Meilin Wei, Yijun You, Mengci Li, Yitao Li, Dandan Liang, Jiajian Liu, Tianlu Chen, Chao Yan, Runmin Wei, Cynthia Rajani, Chengxing Shen, Guoxiang Xie, Zhaoxiang Bian, Houkai Li, Aihua Zhao & Wei Jia

• Enhancement of bone consolidation using high-frequency pulsed electromagnetic fields (HF-PEMFs): An experimental study on rats; Daniel Oltean-Dan, Gabriela Bombonica Dogaru, Dragos Apostu, Alexandru Mester, Horea Rares Ciprian Benea, Mihai Gheorghe Paiusan, Catalin Ovidiu Popa, Elena Mihaela Jianu, Gyorgy Istvan Bodizs, Cristian Berce, Alina Mihaela Toader, Gheorghe Tomoaia
• Promising application of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields (PEMFs) in musculoskeletal disorders; Hongzhi Hu, Wenbo Yang, Qianwen Zeng, Wei Chen, YanBin Zhu, Weijian Liu, Shangyu Wang, Baichuan Wang, Zengwu Shao, Yingze Zhang
• Physiological and Molecular Genetic Effects of Time-Varying Electromagnetic Fields on Human Neuronal Cells; Thomas J. Goodwin, Ph.D.
• Pulsed electromagnetic fields in knee osteoarthritis: a double blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial; Gian Luca Bagnato, Giovanni Miceli, Natale Marino, Davide Sciortino and Gian Filippo Bagnato

• Clinical effect of qigong practice on essential hypertension: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials; Guo X, Zhou B, Nishimura T, Teramukai S, Fukushima M