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Wristbands Ease Nausea with Cancer Treatment Thursday, April 09, 2009 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Cancer Research   
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Cancer patients who wore acupressure wristbands had much less nausea while receiving radiation treatment, making the bands a safe, low-cost addition to anti-nausea medication, according to a study in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management by University of Rochester Medical Center researchers. Previous research has suggested that the placebo effect – essentially, an outcome related to your body that you expect to happen – might be why elastic wristbands reduce nausea. (source: urmc.rochester.edu)
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