Israeli scientists claim that acupuncture can help patients with gynecological cancer reduce anxiety and pain during surgery.
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Scientists Israel January 25 said acupuncture treatment can help patients reduce anxiety and pain during surgery. cancer gynecological.
In a new study published in the interdisciplinary journal Cancer (USA), scientists from Clalit – Israel’s largest organization for public health care – assert that acupuncture can help patients Patients with gynecological cancers (including ovarian and uterine cancers) relieve anxiety and pain during surgery.
House’s science conducted the study on 99 patients. They looked at the effectiveness of a unique treatment – a combination of acupressure and relaxation massage techniques before surgery, as well as conducting Acupuncture during surgery.
The results showed that anxiety was significantly reduced in patients treated with this method before surgery, while acupuncture during surgery also helped reduce pain afterward.
Scientist Eran Ben Arye, a member of the research team, said the study showed “a direction for more innovative treatments for cancer patients”.