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DETROIT - A Detroit team is studying acupuncture as a treatment for hot flashes caused by breast cancer treatments. It's a therapy that holds hope for other cancer-related problems. |
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| Tuesday, 15 March 2005 02:02 | |||
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Monday February 28, 2005; Hinchey renews bid to add acupuncture to Medicare coverage. BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) An upstate congressman hasn't given up on his effort to expand Medicare coverage to include acupuncture. Maurice Hinchey -- an Ulster County Democrat -- says the traditional Chinese therapeutic technique using fine needles should be a treatment option for Americans. Hinchey initially introduced the Federal Acupuncture Coverage Act in 1993 -- his first year in Congress.
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