To answer the question whether acupuncture can alleviate chest pain, researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have been awarded $3.12 million by the National Institutes of Health to study whether acupuncture can alleviate chest pain caused by stable angina, according to a press release from the institution.
Although there is no established consensus on the pathophysiologic mechanisms of how acupuncture affects pain symptoms associated with stable angina, there is evidence that the