DEPARTMENTS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
By Richard C. Niemtzow, MD

AAMA PRESIDENT'S LETTER
By Bryan L. Frank, MD

BOOK REVIEW
by Eric S. Hsu, MD

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

FYI / ABSTRACTS OF CURRENT LITERATURE
Compiled by Russell J. Erickson, MD

CASE REPORT

AURICULAR MEDICINE AND SUICIDE
By Nader Soliman, MD
2000. 9-10

ARTICLES

SPLITS IN WESTERN CONSCIOUSNESS FROM AN ACUPUNCTURE PERSPECTIVE
By Michael T. Greenwood, MB
2000. 11-17

AURICULOTHERAPY AND AIRCREW WITH CIRCADIAN DESYNCHRONOSIS
By James R. Little, MD and Richard C. Niemtzow, MD
2000. 18-20

ACUPUNCTURE AND SPORTS MEDICINE: A REVIEW OF PUBLISHED STUDIES
By Alec Melger, MD and Joanne Borg-Stein, MD
2000. 21-24

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ON THE DIFFERENTIAL LOCALIZATION
OF AURICLAR ACUPUNCTURE POINTS
By Terry Oleson, PhD
2000. 25-31

OVERVIEW: ADVERSE EVENTS OF ACUPUNCTURE
By James K. Rotchford, MD
2000. 32-35

MECHANISM OF ACUPUNCTURE - BEYOND NEUROHUMORAL THEORY
By Charles Shang, MD
2000. 36-41

POSTER PRESENTATION

ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC STATUS EPILEPTICUS
By Yuan-Chi Lin, MD and Gene G. Hong, MD