Ndeya Berryman makes waist beads in the living room of her East Palo Alto, Calif. home on Friday, July 27, 2012. African waist beads are becoming more popular with women of all ethnicities, ages ...

Ear acupuncture using metal beads can help reduce weight, body mass index (BMI), and body fat in combination with a restricted diet, according to new research being presented at this year's ...

New research suggests that acupuncture of the ear with beads may ... these strategies led to a considerable average weight loss of 8.6 kg and a reduction in waist circumference of 10.4 cm over a 3 ...

Bass visits Senegal about every six months and brings back fabrics and waist beads. "The waist beads are known all over Africa and I think today, it's become an everyday thing in even our modern ...

DUBLIN — Ear acupuncture with stimulation beads leads to weight loss and a reduction in both waist circumference and body fat percentage, when combined with restricted food intake, in men with ...

Our aim was to see how ostrich eggshell bead size has changed over the past 10,000 years. ... Curiously, the larger beads in southern Africa fall within the range of eastern African beads, ...