DEPARTMENTS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS

EDITORIAL - MEETING THE CHALLENGES
By Richard C. Niemtzow, MD

BOOK REVIEWS
by Eric S. Hsu, MD; Roberto Jodorkovsky, MD; David P Sniezek, MD

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

CASE REPORT

40 YEARS OF UNEXPLAINED KNEE PAIN TREATED WITH ACUPUNCTURE
By Tapan K. Chaudhuri, MD
2001. 7-8

ACUPUNCTURE FOR POST-SURGICAL PAIN
By Denise McKee, MD and Holly Rooney, MD
2001. 9

INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO ADDICTION
By Nader Soliman, MD
2001. 10-12

ARTICLES

THE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE:
FOCUSED TRAINING FOR HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
By Steven K. H. Aung, MD
2001. 13-16

THE 2-NEEDLE TECHNIQUE
By Alejandro Elorriaga Claraco, MD
2001. 17-19

MAGNETS ON SISHENCONG AND GV 20 TO TREAT DEPRESSION:
CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS IN 10 PATIENTS
By Agatha P. Colbert, MD
2001. 20-24

DISEASE FROM A PATHOLOGIST ACUPUNCTURIST'S PERSPECTIVE:
LINKING PHYSICAL AND ENERGETIC TO SPIRITUAL
By Amelia Lynn Dolson, MD
2001. 25-27

ACUPUNCTURE-ASSISTED ANESTHESIA
By Yue-Pang Mok, MD
2001. 28-31

FIVE-ELEMENT ACUPUNCTURE FOR TERMINAL PATIENTS:
A POWERFUL INTERVENTION FOR DYING WELL
By Ronald Puhky, MD
2001. 32-37

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE AND TRADITIONAL CHINESE
MEDICINE: NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
By Synnae Schartz, MD
2001. 38-41

POSTER PRESENTATION

ACUPUNCTURE TECHNIQUE FOR PILOCARPINE-RESISTANT XEROSTOMIA
FOLLOWING RADIOTHERAPY FOR HEAD AND NECK MALIGNANCIES
By Richard C. Niemtzow, MD; Bryon C. May, MD;
Y. Peter Peng, MD; Warren S. Inouye, MD; Peter A Johnstone, MD