Study: Acupuncture works for back pain
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070925/ap_on_he_me/back_pain_acupuncture"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070924/capt.068e5aa65b5e400dbf7a111657493e65.back_pain_acupuncture_cx104.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=QNXopbMVHotlKifMp0tYaA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Anah McMahon, L. Ac. adjusts one inch seirin acupuncture needles in the muscles around the spine of Mariah VanHorn to relieve lower back pain, Monday, Sept. 24, 2007, at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in Chicago. Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum in Bochum, Germany, found that both real and fake acupuncture perform much better than conventional care for low back pain relief. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fake acupuncture works nearly as well as the real thing for low back pain, and either kind performs much better than usual care, German researchers have found. Almost half the patients treated with acupuncture needles felt relief that lasted months. In contrast, only about a quarter of the patients receiving medications and other Western medical treatments felt better.</p><br clear="all"/>

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