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Recent media and press
involving Hugh MacPherson

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) Hugh MacPherson has received a Career Scientist Award funded by the Department of Health's national Institute for Health Research to be held at the University of York. This is a five year award which commenced October 2007. [press release]

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) Acupuncture for low back pain: national coverage of the results of a trial conducted by Kate Thomas and Hugh MacPherson, two papers published 15th September 2006 in the BMJ, with news coverage, see: BBC, Herald, Independent, NHS, Reuters, WebMD and others.

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) BBC3 Kick Ass Miracles: Episode 5, broadcast 30th March 2006. Features brain scan of presenter Chris Cudelli while receiving acupuncture, with interview and discussion with Hugh MacPherson

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "Outstanding talent rewarded in Yorkshire" NESTA Press Release, 20th February 2006, with Hugh MacPherson being one of those awarded a NESTA Fellowship.

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "Acupuncture works by deactivating the area of the brain governing pain", BBC News, Saturday 21st January 2006, followed by "Alternative Medicine: Acupuncture." Broadcast on BBC2, 24th January, 2006, in part, featuring Hugh MacPherson.

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "Accessing Complementary Therapies", Megaphone, University of York, December 2005, reporting on Hugh MacPherson's presentation at St James Palace and meeting with Prince Charles.

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "Needles can beat tinnitus", Daily Mail 11th October 2005, which reports on Hugh MacPherson's research with colleagues into acupuncture for tinnitus.

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "Mapping the effect of acupuncture on the brain", Megaphone July 2005, which reports on a study led by Hugh MacPherson that explores biological correlates of acupuncture.

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "Give depression the needle", Sunday Express Magazine, 12th June 2005 reports on one person's story of receiving acupuncture for their depression from Hugh MacPherson.

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "New patient survey on acupuncture safety", Prince of Wales Foundation for Integrated Health, Dec 2004

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "The Other Medicine", Radio 4 for six evenings from Tuesday 21st September, 2004, a broadcast that included contributions from Hugh MacPherson

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "First Prize in Oslo", Megaphone Online, University of York, November 2003, reporting Hugh MacPherson's prize winning presentation at the World Federation of Acupuncture Societies.

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "Rider health : acupuncture for back pain", in Your Horse, July 2003

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "The top brass - the 10 leading acupuncturists", Independent on Sunday, June 29th 2003, with one of those listed being Hugh MacPherson

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "Acupuncture for depression", University of York Magazine, June 2003

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "York expert to lead acupuncture study" by James Slack. 21st April 2003, a report of a national study led by Hugh MacPherson..

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "Fit for winter", Yorkshire Evening Press, 4th November, 2002

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "Acupuncture for lower back pain", NHS Health Technology Assessment Update, 2002, an early report of the York Acupuncture for Back Pain Trial  involving Hugh MacPherson as a co-investigator.

bd10300_.gif (261 bytes) "Needle work", Yorkshire Evening Press, 17th September 2001

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