Does Acupuncture Help With Allergies?

Image from Acupuncture For All According to one study , it does... Performed by researchers in China and Korea, they divided 238 patients suffering from allergies into 3 groups: active acupuncture, sham acupuncture, and no treatment. They found that acupuncture, even if it was sham, did help significantly with nasal allergies. However, only active acupuncture helped with not just nasal allergies but also allergy symptoms beyond the nose! Of course, when considering all the other researc…

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Video and Audio Recording with RCA Connectors: Primer for Surgeons

In the medical world, video recording of surgical procedures is not unusual, especially when it comes to endoscopy. A camera attached to an endoscope throws up a live image to a screen for the surgeon (and others) to watch. Video output for recording is now standard in such situations. The monitor where the endoscopy procedure is viewed itself contains video output plugs. The endoscopy equipment itself like the KayPentax EPK-1000 contains not just one video output, but 3... Two S-video…

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