BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan -- Doctors at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital here and its outlying clinics are implementing a pain treatment that reduces or eliminates opioid prescriptions, is fast and ...

FORT WAINWRIGHT — In a small treatment room inside Bassett Army Community Hospital, Joann Allison quietly breathes as golden needles are placed into her ear. She isn’t here for a routine exam, she’s ...

Auricular (ear) acupuncture therapy is based on the theory that the outer ear represents all parts of the body. Thin needles or beads are placed on certain points, usually along meridian lines, to ...

Researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have found that a specialized form of acupuncture applied to the outer ear during hip replacement surgery reduces pain after the operation and lessens ...

Acupuncture, a treatment rooted in Chinese medicine, is gaining popularity as an alternative therapy. When a painful ski accident left Michelle Larivee with chronic neck pain, she turned to ...