Teresa Lea Calloway

Teresa Lea Calloway
  • Acupuncturist at VA Long Beach Healthcare System

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Current institution
VA Long Beach Healthcare System
Current position
  • Acupuncturist

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Publications (6)
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Objective: Current interventions for anxiety, depression, and insomnia are efficacious, yet effectiveness may be limited by side effects and/or high withdrawal rates. Other desirable treatment options are needed. Many veterans and civilians are turning to acupuncture as an emerging therapy. Our objective was to conduct a more definitive study compa...
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Importance Current interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are efficacious, yet effectiveness may be limited by adverse effects and high withdrawal rates. Acupuncture is an emerging intervention with positive preliminary data for PTSD. Objective To compare verum acupuncture with sham acupuncture (minimal needling) on clinical and ph...
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Introduction: The postacute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is a serious heterogeneous condition that affects a significant minority of those who endured COVID-19. PASC involves multiple body systems and an illness trajectory that has stages now being identified in medical research. Objective: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncture are w...
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Background: The long-COVID syndrome (LCS), defined by residual symptoms from acute COVID-19 for <60 days, affects about one-third of all COVID survivors and is an emerging public health challenge. Empirical data about the range of symptoms or the utility of acupuncture alone for the LCS are very limited. Case: This observational case study of a...
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Background Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a significant public health problem, affecting approximately 7% of the general population and 13–18% of the combat Veteran population. The first study using acupuncture for PTSD in a civilian population showed large pre- to post-treatment effects for an empirically developed verum protocol, which...
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Background: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a significant public health problem, affecting approximately 7% of the general population and 13 – 18% of the combat Veteran population. The first study using acupuncture for PTSD in a civilian population showed large pre- to post-treatment effects for an empirically developed verum protocol, whi...

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