On Monday, April 25 a study says that Acupuncture can help to reduce the hot flashes that affect the Prostate Cancer patients when they are having Hormone Therapy.

A research conducted in the New York Methodist Hospital and Weill Comell Medical College, 14 men took part in that research and shows that Acupuncture affects many men having Prostate Cancer Treatment and it has more benefits as compare to the side effects.

Acupuncture is a popular form of alternative medicine; it is composed of ultra-thin needles in to the skin.
Ashamalla says that we are starting a clinical trial to evaluate Acupuncture’s effects after Prostate Cancer Treatment.
Hormone Therapy decreases the level of Testosterone in the body and it is an important treatment for Prostate Cancer but half of patients having Hormone Therapy experience hot flashes as women experienced during Menopause.

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Breast cancer patients, going through endocrine treatment may show hot flashes, night sweats and joint symptoms which indicate toward gradual success of the treatment and reduction in estrogen level, that is a key risk factor of breast cancer, British researchers report.

They make comparison of women who reported these symptoms and those who didn’t, at their first visit during a trial evaluating tamoxifen or anastrozole for adjuvant therapy of postmenopausal breast cancer.

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