But modern acupuncturists say the technique's effectiveness can be explained by an understanding of the central nervous system.

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In 2010, Hamadeh founded Zeel which facilitates booking with alternative medicine practitioners, such as chiropractors and acupuncturists.

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The program will be expanded next year with the Air Force, Army and Navy combining funds for two courses to certify 60 active-duty physicians as medical acupuncturists.

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They are not--and never will be--medical facilities, but several of them have teamed up with their fellow "alternative" practitioners, acupuncturists, to offer nonsurgical "face-lifts" with, they claim, dramatic results.

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Mainstream psychologists deride those -- such as hypnotists and acupuncturists -- that claim they can instantly cure our fears and phobias, stating they simply inject alien personality traits into us.

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Acupuncturists "prick the area they're working on, " she says.

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Acupuncturists protest (often) that they use sterile needles, but this very protest reveals their ignorance: most infections are caused by bacteria already present on the skin, which enter through the puncture wound.

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Passages: This Malibu rehab on the Pacific takes on only a dozen residents at a time, who are afforded their own chef, media rooms and a bevy of spiritual counselors, medical doctors and acupuncturists.

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Furious lobbying by every healthcare group, from acupuncturists to chiropractors to fertility specialists, all of whom want to make sure that coverage of their services is required for all policies issued in the state.

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