Slowly over the years, western medical practitioners have come to accept the benefits of acupuncture.
Just recently, the Daily News interviewed Dr. Houman Danesh, the director of integrative pain management at Mount Sinai hospital. He treats patients for all kinds of pain and performs acupuncture more than 1,500 times per year. He said, "It's appropriate for all ages, and even children can tolerate acupuncture, unless needles freak them out." Dr. Danesh is not alone. A study was conducted at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center which concluded that acupuncture can help reduce chronic pain.
It is comforting to see western medicine embrace acupuncture. When western medicine works in conjunction with acupuncture, the patients come out ahead!
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