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 Acupuncture was applied to war- wounded
servicemembers, and often with
significant results
Acupuncture was introduced to
patients and medical staff for one week in March at Landstuhl Regional
Medical Center (LRMC). The hospital, located near Ramstein Air Base,
Germany, is the largest and most modern US military medical facility
outside the United States.
The military medical community has been using all sorts of alternative therapies -- The Air Force have been teaching 'battlefield acupuncture' to physicians deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan. Read an introduction by Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.
FoxNews did a report January 30, 2009 on Air Force physician Col. Richard Niemtzow, chief of the acupuncture program at Andrews Air Force Bas. Read the story here at FoxNews.com. If you are very interested in knowing more about this technique you might also want to read what the critics are saying at Science-Based Medicine.org.
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In October 2007, "The Leonard Lopate Show" explains acupuncture .
