Acupressure Reduces Pain of Bone Marrow Procedures

Medical News: ASH: Acupressure Reduces Pain of Bone Marrow Procedures - in Meeting Coverage, ASH: Hematology from MedPage Today: "A variation of acupuncture significantly reduced the proportion of patients who reported severe pain during bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, data from a small, randomized clinical trial showed.

Patients treated with acupressure were 89% less likely to find the bone marrow procedure severely painful (P=0.049), compared with patients who had sham acupressure, as defined by scores on a visual analog scale (VAS)."