From the Acupuncture Council of Ireland:
We know that acupuncture works, but a recent study on carpal tunnel syndrome, published in Brain, a neurology journal, might help us to learn how it works. A team of investigators based at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) chose carpal tunnel as the focus because it causes measurable changes in the body. It slows and confuses the sufferer's sense of touch—in the brain as well as in the skin.
Read more: http://www.pacificcollege.edu/news/blog/2017/03/09/acupuncture-shown-rewire-brain-new-carpal-tunnel-study

The Irish Times: From fertility and conception right through to the pregnancy itself, as well as life after labor, approaching this journey from an eastern perspective can be of great benefit to expectant parents. Here, acupuncturist and mum-to-be Hannah O’Connell chronicles the ways in which acupuncture can make a difference and how she works with her clients.
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/acupuncture-can-it-help-pregnancy-1.2999825