ARTICLES      TOPICS: - Treatment of low back pain by acupressure and physical therapy - Acupressure and cancer - Acupressure for nausea following chemotherapy - World Health Day Theme – ‘Move for Health’ Treatment of low back pain by acupressure and physical therapy: randomised controlled trial  - Excerption from BMJ (British Medical Journal). Accepted 10 January 2006 ...Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of acupressure in terms of disability, pain scores, and functional status...Intervention Acupressure or physical therapy for one month... Acupressure was effective in reducing low back pain in terms of disability, pain scores, and functional status. The benefit was sustained for six months...The effect was not only seen in the short term but lasted for six months...Conclusions This randomised controlled clinical trial has shown the efficacy of acupressure compared with physical therapy in pain relief for patients with low back pain in terms of disability, pain scores, and functional status. Click here to read the whole article. Acupressure and cancer  - Dundee JW; Yang J Northern Ireland Radiotherapy Centre, Belvoir Park Hospital, Belfast. J R Soc Med (ENGLAND) June 1990 ...Objective Chemotherapy commonly causes severe nausea and vomiting in cancer patients. Study ... scientists have discovered that acupressure may hold the solution to the problem... Conclusion Acupressure succeeded in preventing nausea and vomiting...the treatment worked for all (20/20) of the hospitalized patients and 75% (15/20) of outpatients... The researchers were so impressed by the results that they recommended that acupressure should be investigated in other clinical situations as well. Click here to read the whole article. Acupressure for nausea following chemotherapy - Oncol Nurs Forum 2000 Jan-Feb;27(1):41-7 .Acupressure for nausea: results of a pilot study.Dibble SL, Chapman J, Mack KA, Shih AS © The Internet Health Library 2000 Study Acupressure may offer breast cancer patients help in alleviating the nausea caused by chemotherapy according to a report from the Institute for Health and Aging, University of California, San Francisco, USA... Result The results revealed significant differences between the women who received acupressure treatment and those who didn't. Within the first 10 days of the chemotherapy cycle, the women who received acupressure treatment had reported less intensity and experience of nausea... Conclusions The researchers concluded that finger acupressure may decrease nausea among women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer... Click here to read the whole article. World Health Day Theme – ‘Move for Health’ - Article from WHO (World Health Organization) ...Recognizing things that upset you, employing relaxation techniques such as deep breathing, muscle relaxation, meditation, massage therapy and getting adequate rest and sleep (6-10 hours a night) are some ways of reducing the effects of stress. Above all, a balance between activities and goals, work and leisure, lifestyle choices and health risks, personal needs and expectations of others is necessary. Click here to read the whole article.