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Pentagon's New Painkiller: Ancient Chinese Medicine

Military doctors will start training medics in 'battlefield acupressure'

By Rebecca Smith Hurd, Newser User

Posted Dec 11, 2008 1:00 PM CST

(Newser) – US Air Force doctors deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan next year will have a new medical weapon in their arsenal: acupuncture. Military physicians, pleased with the success of treating wounded troops at home, will begin teaching battlefield medics how to fight severe or chronic pain... Read full story »

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Pentagon's New Painkiller: Ancient Chinese Medicine

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