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Acupuncture, Turmeric May Help Ease Arthritis


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However, Sager cautioned that American patients who consider this alternative route should choose carefully when they seek out acupuncture care.

" 'Medical acupuncture' is acupuncture as practiced by a physician, which is much different than acupuncture as practiced by non-physicians in the east, such as in China," he noted. "And I would most definitely recommend that patients in the west deal with a physician that's properly trained and a member of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture," Sager said.

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Find out more about arthritis at the Arthritis Foundation (www.arthritis.org ).

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Last updated 10/30/2006

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SOURCES: Janet L. Funk, M.D., assistant professor, physiological sciences, department of medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson; Marshall H. Sager, D.O., past president, American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, and acupuncturist, Bala Cynwyd, Pa.; November 2006, Arthritis & Rheumatism


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