Evidence Based Acupuncture (EBA) is a non-profit organisation created to show the current state of knowledge about acupuncture, using the language of science.
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From biomechanisms research to AI — here's what EBA Connect ($79/year) makes possible - mailchi.mp/evidencebasedacup…
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The EBA newsletter is out now! 🥳 👉 Check your email 🤩
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Packed with exciting news including:
📣✨ The new AI Biomechanisms of Acupuncture Points - COMING SOON to EBA Connect!
📚 Check out the EBA Forum for all the details and community discussions 👍
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From biomechanisms research to AI — here's what EBA Connect ($79/year) makes possible - mailchi.mp/evidencebasedacup…
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Evidence Based Acupuncture retweeted
May 6
If you missed our recent webinar on "From Clinic to Evidence: Case Reports and Practice-Based Research" with @sandrograca, you can now access the recording and slides on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/PCKikPY5lu0
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EBA is once again a proud sponsor of the @TheRCCM conference - online, September 24th, 2026.
✍️ rccm.org.uk/news-and-events/…
📄 Deadline for poster submission: May 31st ⌛️
The conference will focus on how to support clinical practice through evidence. Looking forward to it!
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👉 From Clinic to Evidence: Case Reports and Practice-Based Research (presented by our very own @SandroGraca)
✍️ Live webinar by @CochraneCAM: tinyurl.com/CAM-Webinar-1
Learn more about how Case Reports (and YOU!) can contribute effectively to clinical research and practice 💪✨
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...we love it when our EBA Connect friends message us with excitement about seeing EBA being mentioned at a conference 🤗
📸 Thank you for sending us the pic, Kath Berry!
Dr Heidi Most presented at ASA2026 conference & highlighted EBA's resources for the acupuncture community
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🤔 Do you know what USD$79 a year can do?
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It helps funding projects like our newest resource ✨ Biomechanisms of Acupuncture Points ✨ now live on EBA Connect!
Our work is funded by a small, dedicated group of people who said "yes, I'm in!"
Are you in?
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You helped make this possible! 🎉 - mailchi.mp/evidencebasedacup…
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New on EBA Forum:
Pre-, intra- and postoperative delivery of acupuncture therapy showed significant improvements in the incidence of postoperative delirium in a mixture of surgical disciplines (orthopaedic, digestive, cardiac & thoracic).
🧠 EBA Connect: evidencebasedacupuncture.org…
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“There’s never been a trial like this,” says UIC College of Nursing Prof Judith Schlaeger
nursing.uic.edu/news-stories…
“This trial was so rigorous, and it’s the first evidence that acupuncture produces a significantly longer-lasting reduction in vulvodynia pain compared to a placebo.”
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Evidence Based Acupuncture retweeted
Feb 18
Are you a healthcare provider interested in incorporating whole person and integrative approaches into your care? Register for the new #CME course co-developed by our colleagues at the Institute for Natural Medicine and Georgetown University:
naturemed.org/whole-person-h…
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NEW paper discussion on the EBA Forum 🥳 (thanks, Judy et al.!!) 🙏
Acupuncture for vulvodynia: long-lasting effect of penetrating acupuncture among responders
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👉 EBA Connect peeps: login, read the full paper, and join the discussion with your colleagues!
ALT Responders showed a consistently higher rate of return to baseline pain during the 12-week post-treatment follow-up in the placebo group compared to the acupuncture group.
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Evidence Based Acupuncture retweeted
Jan 16
On this week’s cover of The Lancet, a new Editorial: “The rise of China's research: a global opportunity”.
Read the Editorial and more in our latest issue ➡️ spkl.io/6016AoX4p
ALT Cover of The Lancet's Jan 17, 2026 issue. Quote on cover reads: "The next decade will unfold a multipolar and increasingly complex scientific landscape, where rivalry and collaboration coexist. Yet the history is clear: the best science often emerges from intersectional collaboration."
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Evidence Based Acupuncture retweeted
The Advocacy Strategy Framework offers essential insights into how changemakers can integrate advocacy into their #implementation work.
Check it out 👉 evaluationinnovation.org/pub…
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🔍 Did you know?
Impact Factor isn't everything when choosing where to publish.
👉 Researchers actually prioritise:
✓ Journal reputation
✓ Peer-review quality
✓ Publication speed
✓ Topic fit
✓ Audience reach
✓ Open access
✓ Smart metrics
🤔 Which is most important to you?
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📣 NEW Post on the EBA Forum: evidencebasedacupuncture.org…
👉 These findings highlight that electroacupuncture modulates nociceptive-initiated and nociplastic pain through a bottom-up sensory pathway, whereas sham treatment engages top-down control.
ALT Brain sensory network activity underlies reduced nociceptive initiated and nociplastic pain via acupuncture in fibromyalgia
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8 Dec 2025
This webinar will give you the chance to revisit a familiar point with a completely new understanding - blending the classical, the anatomical, and the physiological to elevate your clinical clarity:
👉 Shèn Shū (BL23) - The Back-Shu Point of the Kidney
🔗 healthyseminars.com/resource…
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8 Dec 2025
TODAY on @HealthySeminars
🔗 healthyseminars.com/resource…
Stimulation at BL23 has been shown to influence:
• HPA axis regulation
• SIRT1 expression and mitochondrial activity
• Oxidative stress pathways
• Neuroimmune modulation
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8 Dec 2025
🔗 healthyseminars.com/resource…
In other words, the classical idea of “supporting Kidney Qi” aligns directly with measurable physiological changes tied to stress adaptation, metabolic balance, and immune resilience.
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