Health and Medical Guide to Complementary and Alternative Therapies Acupuncture Health information topics about Acupuncture: Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Acupuncture Therapy National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=acupuncture&recruiting=true Directories 1. NCCAOM Directory of Diplomates (Practitioners) National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine http://www.nccaom.org/find.htm 2. AAMA Medical Acupuncturist Referral Search American Academy of Medical Acupuncture http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/findadoc/index.html National Institutes of Health 1. Acupuncture National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture/ Organizations 1. National Center for Complementary and Alternative http://nccam.nih.gov/ Overviews 1. AMFI - Acupuncture Resource Guide Alternative Medicine Foundation http://www.amfoundation.org/acupuncture.htm 2. Acupuncture Arthritis Foundation http://www.arthritis.org/resources/arthritistoday/2000_archives/2000_05_06_... Research 1. Acupuncture Curbs Urge to Light Up American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Acupuncture_Curbs_Urge_t... 2. Acupuncture for Treatment of Chronic Neck Pain American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/12/I-26 3. Acupuncture Relieves Pain and Improves Function in National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institute of Arthritis and Musc http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2004/nccam-20.htm 4. Acupuncture for the Treatment of Low Back Pain American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/142/8/I-76   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! 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