Martina Hingis: Acupuncture devotee!

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Acupuncture is no longer just for celebrities. An estimated 2.1 million adults in the United States had the treatment in 2001, according to the National Health Interview Survey, the largest survey of alternative medicine ever conducted in the nation.

Count among acupuncture's devotees a slew of athletes, from tennis champ Martina Hingis to golf's Fred Couples. Recently, tiny bandages on the ears of model Kate Moss evoked speculation in the British press that's she's turned to acupuncture for recovery from cocaine abuse. Actors taking up acupuncture are far too many to list. Michael Devitt, managing editor of Acupuncture Today, drops the names of Madonna, Sandra Bullock, Gwyneth Paltrow, Britney Spears, Cher and Demi Moore.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a part of the National Institutes of Health, says acupuncture is most accepted for pain relief, chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting, addiction, headache, menstrual cramps, arthritic knee pain, tennis elbow, stroke rehabilitation and pulmonary problems such as asthma. (nccam.nih.gov/health/acupuncture).cq-anstettBut a Medline search of the National Library of Medicine's reputable database finds proof lacking that acupuncture is at least as good as many conventional treatments. Sometimes, too, patients rated it no better than sham acupuncture -- a look-alike therapy that doesn't use acupuncture principles. Hundreds of studies of acupuncture are listed in the database.

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