Research published last week out of Stanford University concluded that acupuncture is an effective treatment for depression during pregnancy. This was reported in Science Daily.

In our clinical practice we certainly find that women who get regular treatments during pregnancy report a much greater well being.   Certainly we’ve helped women stay off anti-depressant medication, which now unfortunately is given as a preventative. Read the rest of this entry

Acupuncture works because of a multitude of physiological effects on the body from the nervous system to cellular signaling in the connective tissue.   A recent study  published this week lays out some of the effects acupuncture has on the brain.

You can also read the Science Daily report on this study here.