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Ever since U.S. doctors returned from mainland China with favorable reports about the effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment and anesthetic, occidental interest in the ancient oriental art has ballooned. So has the demand for high-quality acupuncture needles. Last week, however, the Food and Drug Administration temporarily deflated matters...
For at least 21 millenniums, Chinese physicians have used acupuncture to relieve pain and treat conditions ranging from arthritis to impotence. Practitioners in recent years have found an important new use for the ancient art of inserting needles at selected points in the body-as an operating-room anesthetic. It...
Another patient was Frederic Newman, 23, a medical student who underwent acupuncture anesthesia for an operation performed last month. Dr. James Fox of the State University of New York's Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn anesthetized Newman's throat by inserting needles in his hands and feet. With...
Rosen's warning is well taken. Some of acupunctured 365 points lie close enough to major blood vessels and nerve passageways to make an inaccurate insertion perilous. Nor are acupuncture's anesthetic effects the same for all patients. Einstein's doctors admit that their success has been...
Visually interesting footage still carries editorial weight that can sway news judgment. Example: one night last week, NBC Producer Robert Mulholland rejected a plane-crash story with the comment, "No flames in the film. Too quiet." But generally, the networks have matured since the days when "Shoot bloody" was the...