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Here are some highlights from a fabulous article by David Wood in the Baltimore Sun December 11, 2008
Here are some highlight quotes from the article:

Military tries 'battlefield' acupuncture to ease pain

"The technique is proving so successful that the Air Force will begin teaching " battlefield acupuncture" early next year to physicians deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan, senior officials will announce tomorrow."

"This is one of the fastest pain attenuators in existence - the pain can be gone in five minutes," said Niemtzow, a physician, acupuncturist and senior adviser to the Air Force surgeon general.

"We get damaged and psychologically troubled people here, and our approach is to turn down their pain, let them relax, get some sleep, and then they can focus on their healing," said Air Force Col. Stephen M. Burns.

"God bless 'em, they've already had too many surgeries and too much pain," he said. "We can knock down that pain so they can begin to get on with their lives."

"Acupuncture has been very helpful for people for whom other treatment has failed,"

Acupuncture "is very well tolerated and there are very few side effects,"

Here is the full article:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.pain11dec11,0,7983851.story