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The EBA Forum was created to connect us all using a safe space for peer support where we can share ideas, discover new research, learn from each other’s experiences, present and discuss case studies, and much more.

Some of the discussion groups currently running on the EBA Forum include:

Latest research news & publications

EBA Connect discussions

Research workgroup

Clinical rounds (journal club)

…and also there are also groups discussing acupuncture advocacy, Portuguese and German language research discussion and translation, etc – if you have a particular focus group you would like to lead on the EBA Forum, please get in touch! We want to hear your suggestions and support your goals!

JOEL DUNNING – Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Great example of the impactful materials available through EBA Connect and on the EBA Forum:

This video was kindly provided to us by our best acu-buddy, Robin Sunley, a graduate of the Northern College of Acupuncture with a BSc in Acupuncture, who works as an acupuncturist in the Trinity Holistic Centre – a department at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK.

In this video, Mr Joel Dunning, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, explains Robin’s role and how the acupuncture service for the thoracic surgery department at James Cook University Hospital helps patients and staff!

Log in to the EBA Forum and watch “Acupuncture and Complementary Therapy in Thoracic Surgery”, a 12min video interview with Robin Sunley and Joel Dunning.

LATEST POST ON THE EBA FORUM

Acupuncture for sleep disturbance in cancer

by Sandro Graca | Mar 30, 2023 | Acupuncture, Cancer, EBA Forum, EBA Forum NEW, Electroacupuncture, Insomnia, RCT, Sleep

Among cancer survivors with comorbid sleep disturbance and chronic pain, electroacupuncture and auricular acupuncture produced a clinically relevant and persistent improvement in sleep quality.

These findings suggest that acupuncture may be an evidence‐based nonpharmacologic intervention to improve sleep health for cancer survivors with pain.

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EBA Chats …with Ed Neal

by Sandro Graca | Mar 29, 2023 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture Point, Cancer, EBA Forum, EBA Forum NEW, Electroacupuncture, RCT

On the first episode of EBA Chats 🎙️ Mel Hopper Koppelman chats with Ed Neal.

☕️ Grab your preferred beverage, sit back, and press play.
⚠️ WARNING ⚠️ This episode of EBA Chats will definitely blow your mind!! 😂

Effects of Electroacupuncture for Opioid-Induced Constipation in Patients With Cancer

by Sandro Graca | Mar 25, 2023 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture Point, Cancer, EBA Forum, EBA Forum NEW, Electroacupuncture, RCT

Electro-acupuncture treatment could increase weekly spontaneous bowel movements with a good safety profile.

This randomized clinical trial that included 100 patients with cancer and opioid-induced constipation found that the proportion of overall responders was greater with electroacupuncture (40.1%) than with sham electroacupuncture (9.0%) at week 8, a significant difference.

Mechanistic basis for the effects of electroacupuncture on neuropathic pain within the central nervous system

by Sandro Graca | Mar 16, 2023 | Acupuncture, Acupuncture Point, Brain and nervous system, EBA Forum, EBA Forum NEW, Electroacupuncture, Mechanisms, Neuropathy, Pain

Electroacupuncture induced signals are transmitted to the spinal cord and related areas of the brain where they can regulate neurotransmitters and cytokines, inhibit glial cell activation, regulated cellular signal pathways, and modulate nociceptors to alleviate pain.