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the past two decades, acupuncture has grown in popularity
in the United States. The report from a Consensus Development
Conference on Acupuncture held at the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) in 1997 stated that acupuncture is being
"widely" practiced--by thousands of physicians,
dentists, acupuncturists, and other practitioners--for relief
or prevention of pain and for various other health conditions.1
According to the 2002 National Health Interview Survey--the
largest and most comprehensive survey of complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) use by American adults to date--an
estimated 8.2 million U.S. adults had ever used acupuncture,
and an estimated 2.1 million U.S. adults had used acupuncture
in the previous year.” - National Center for complementary
medicine’s Home page.
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