Acupuncture, the Chinese treatment using thin needles, could help relieve hot flashes and other side effects caused by breast cancer treatment, new research suggests.

Many women undergoing breast cancer treatment experience hot flashes, fatigue, night sweats and excessive sweating. This could be treated by anti-depressant drug Effexor also known as venelafaxine

Budget conscious Americans are lopping off one more item as food and fuel prices soar. On the chopping board were gym memberships which had logged a decline in 2007 for the first time in a decade, according to the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association.

The drop in gym goers indicates the fitness industry is not immune to economic factors, wrote Kathleen Rollauer, senior manager for research of IHRSA

Seven scientific trials among 1,366 women of different ages who found it difficult to conceive showed that having acupuncture at the same time the embryo was placed inside the womb during an in vitro fertilization procedure more than doubles the chance of the woman becoming pregnant.

The study was made by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the VU University Amsterdam. It compared results of women who underwent acupuncture, those who were given fake needle treatments and those who had no extra therapy

A recent study concluded that acupuncture helps women going through fertility treatment boost their pregnancy chances by as much as 65 percent. The number of live births was also proven to increase by as much as 91 percent.

Scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine derived the results from an experiment involving 1,366 women being treated with invitro fertilization. The women were given acupuncture treatment either right before or right after the test tube-grown embryos were implanted in their wombs

Acupuncture that calms nerves in the head and neck could relieve tinnitus, or "ringing in the ears."

A University of Michigan (U-M) study suggests that touch-sensing nerve cells in the face and neck increase their activity in the brain after hearing cells are damaged