Acupuncture gets results

Acupuncture could become an optional treatment for amblyopia in older children following positive results from a study in China and published in the Archives of Ophthalmology.

Researchers at the Joint Shantou International Eye Center compared acupuncture with patching. Results showed more lines of improvement among the 43 children who underwent acupuncture compared with 45 who were patched. Amblyopia was seen as resolved in 66.7 per cent of the acupuncture group and 16.7 per cent of the patched group.