02.16.12 NPR writes about the military’s growing use of acupuncture in lieu of painkillers.

02.15.12 Survey “suggests an increasing acceptance of integrative medicine by the American public and the medical professions,” says Scope, a publication of Stanford School of Medicine.

02.09.12 Google and Twitter offer acupuncture to employees, reports The Wall Street Journal.

02.06.12 Huffington Post columnist John Weeks writes about the U.S. Indian Health Service’s decision to include acupuncturists in its student loan repayment programs.

01.30.12 The Washington Post takes a cue from Good Housekeeping, whose latest issue says acupuncture-enhanced treatments are better.

01.29.12 A new meta-analysis is inconclusive on whether acupuncture boosts IVF success, says Reuters.

01.23.12 The Washington Post writes about cupping, a technique commonly used in conjunction with acupuncture.

01.12.12 Acupuncture helped an 8-year-old boy’s ADHD, reports Tampa Bay Times.

01.09.12 “True” acupuncture isn’t much better than “sham,” according to a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, reports Reuters.

01.06.12 Huffington Post column notes the importance of whole-body approaches to treating cancer, including the use of acupuncture.

01.03.12 The Telegraph says degrees in complementary medical therapies are being cut from universities in Britain, noting acupuncture as an exception because it is “backed by some form of clinical evidence of efficacy.”

01.03.12 Wall Street Journal writes about the placebo effect of acupuncture and other therapies.

12.30.11 Forbes columnist Steven Salzberg deems battlefield acupuncture “The Worst Quackery of 2011.”

12.23.11 Wired investigates the Pentagon’s growing use of alternative therapies such as acupuncture.

12.22.11  Military doctor who’s making strides in treating PTSD is shown performing acupuncture in a Boston Globe profile.

12.22.11  U.K.’s Daily Mail reports on study results out of Georgetown University which show that acupuncture reduces a protein associated with stress. Researchers claim this is the first “molecular proof” that acupuncture lowers stress.

12.14.11 Chicago Tribune reports on physicians’ growing acceptance—and personal use—of acupuncture.

12.12.11 The New Yorker writes about the power of placebo, talks a lot about acupuncture. (Subscription required to view whole article.)

12.11.11 Los Angeles Times knocks National Institutes of Health’s investment in studying acupuncture and other non-biomedical modalities.

12.09.11 The Globe and Mail reports on hockey players’ use of acupuncture.

12.06.11 Study says acupuncture relieves chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy, reports The Times of India.

12.02.11 New York Rangers defenseman Marc Staal gets acupuncture, says New York Daily News.

11.21.11 A new review says acupuncture is safe for kids, reports The Huffington Post. USA Today picks it up too. Gawker‘s take: “Stabbing Your Kids Is Okay Now.” The New York Times runs its version the next day.

11.19.11 A New York Times profile on an Oakland herbalist includes some brief background info on acupuncture in California.

11.19.11 The Telegraph reports on a recent warning to the U.K.’s National Health Service that acupuncture needles can pierce lungs.

11.19.11  Scientists are working overtime to convince Prince Charles and the world that acupuncture doesn’t work, says Daily Mail.

11.15.11 The Seattle Times reports on a hockey star who used acupuncture to get back in the game.

11.14.11 The Washington Post reports on hospitals’ increased attention on acupuncture. NPR writes about it too.

11.11.11 The Times of India reports on a study that says acupuncture can help the severe dry mouth associated with radiation given to people with head and neck cancer. The Huffington Post picks it up a few days later.

11.01.11  A Montreal Gazette columnist, reporting on a symposium on alternative medicine, says, “[A]cupuncture is useful in some types of pain. This is exactly the kind of thing we want to point out, that acupuncture may be beneficial for certain things. But it doesn’t mean it’s going to cure cancer. And this is where people sometimes get seduced.”

10.27.11 Forbes runs a piece from personal finance expert Manisha Thakor that correlates common financial concerns to the eight extraordinary vessels of acupuncture.

10.27.11 Scientific American looks at whether acupuncture and other alternative therapies extended or abbreviated Steve Jobs’s life.

10.27.11 The Wall Street Journal runs a first-hand account of an acupuncture treatment for a running injury.

10.19.11 A columnist for The Philly Post, admittedly skeptical about acupuncture, tries it and says she “can’t argue with results.”

10.13.11  Veterans receive free acupuncture through Acupuncturists Without Borders, reports The Boston Globe. One vet tells the paper, “It works a whole lot better for me than the clonazepam and other medicines…If I could get it done four or five days a week, I would.”

10.10.11 The New York Times gives facial acupuncture a positive review, and in the footnote says it costs $295 a session (after the $495 initial visit).

10.5.11 Men’s Health writes about acupuncture documentary 9,000 Needles.

10.4.11 London’s Evening Standard reports on the growing use of battlefield acupuncture for pain among civilians.

09.30.11  The Baltimore Sun features a doctor who uses acupuncture on cancer patients.

09.29.11  Atsuki Maeda from Emperor’s College writes about acupuncture for stroke in The Huffington Post.

09.29.11 The Atlantic writes about potential scientific explanations for acupuncture, saying, “we need to start asking different questions about acupuncture, and using different language to discuss it.”

09.27.11 A study on electro-acupuncture for infertility concludes the treatment boosts IVF success, reports Reuters. But critics say “there is unlikely to be a significant effect.”

09.21.11  A Baltimore area community college offers free acupuncture to students and faculty, reports The Baltimore Sun.

09.07.11 Los Angeles Times reports on a survey that says a growing numbers of hospitals are integrating acupuncture into conventional medical care.

09.01.11 The Scientist looks at the role of purinergic signaling to explain how acupuncture works.

08.31.11 A new study of women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) shows no difference between “real” and “fake” acupuncture, reports Reuters.

08.26.11 U.S. News & World Report picks up coverage of a new report that says healthcare workers are more likely than the general public to use non-mainstream therapies like acupuncture.

08.14.11 Forbes contributor Steven Salzberg says acupuncture “does not deserve our respect, nor should we take it seriously.”

08.12.11 More and more women are turning to acupuncture to address infertility issues, reports USA Today.

08.01.11 Philadelphia Inquirier, in reporting on the dissolved partnership between University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Tai Sophia Institute, says acupuncture is “widely used but not fully accepted.”

07.31.11 Scotland’s The Herald writes about musician Kristin Hersh‘s experience with acupuncture.

07.19.11 The Irish Times reports on acupuncture for prevention and treatment of sports injuries.

07.19.11 The Boston Globe features an acupuncturist in its Job Doc section.

07.14.11 The Wall Street Journal reports on a study that compares the effect of placebo, sham acupuncture, and albuterol on asthma.

07.01.11 Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis is awarded a $2.4 million NIH grant to study the effects of acupuncture and other modalities on patient care, reports Minneapolis Star Tribune.

06.29.11 New York Press says acupuncture can help with headaches and migraines.

06.15.11 Acupuncture for infertility is growingly popular among Bay Area women, reports San Jose Mercury News.

06.15.11 The Atlantic writes an extensive piece on the growing acceptance of acupuncture and other non-biomedical modalities by mainstream medicine. Forbes responds, disapprovingly.

06.14.11 The Huffington Post says patients ought to speak up to their doctors about using complementary therapies like acupuncture.

06.09.11 The Boston Globe reports on New England School of Acupuncture’s collaboration to treat hospice patients with acupuncture.

5.30.11 Researchers are struggling to enroll vets in a government-funded study on acupuncture for Gulf War illness, according to The Boston Globe.

5.30.11 Acupuncture helps patients with medically undiagnosed symptoms, reports The Times of India.

05.24.11 The Boston Globe features a high-profile legal professor who made a late-in-life career change to become an acupuncturist.

04.24.11 The Huffington Post runs two pieces on acupuncture, one on the documentary 9000 Needles, and the other on acupuncture for chronic pain.

04.23.11 The Wall Street Journal reports on the military’s use of acupuncture for treating traumatic brain injuries suffered by soldiers in Afghanistan.

04.22.11 New study shows acupuncture reduces the side effects of hormone therapy given to men with prostate cancer, says The Times of India.

04.17.11 The Huffington Post writes about how acupuncture helps manage the side effects of cancer treatment.

04.15.11 Reuters reports on a study from Turkey that shows laser acupuncture to be effective for bedwetting.

04.12.11 U.S. News & World Report says more medical schools are starting to embrace acupuncture and other non-biomedical therapies.

04.05.11 Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed uses acupuncture to rehab after hip surgery, reports The Baltimore Sun.

03.28.11 The Providence Journal features community acupuncture.

03.21.11 NFL players have to pay out of pocket for acupuncture, reports The Washington Post.

03.14.11 Louisville Courier-Journal reports on pediatric acupuncture.

03.12.11 The Army offers acupuncture to soldiers who develop chronic pain from carrying heavy gear, reports NPR.

03.10.11 Huffington Post runs a primer on acupuncture.

03.08.11 Bloomberg BusinessWeek, U.S. News & World Report and Los Angeles Times pick up news about a small study that shows acupuncture may reduce hot flashes and other menopause symptoms.

03.03.11 British sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey tells London Evening Standard that “acupuncture enables the muscles to relax.”

03.01.11 Aide who was injured in the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is using acupuncture as part of his recovery regimen, reports The Seattle Times.

02.27.11 A Forbes column on studying the effects of medical exams references acupuncture research on placebo.

02.27.11 The Columbus Dispatch writes about how insurance coverage for acupuncture is hard to come by.

02.24.11 In TIME, Dr. Mehmet Oz says acupuncture is “one of the best imports from Eastern medicine” for managing chronic pain.

02.24.11 Los Angeles Times picks up a Sun Sentinel column on acupuncture for stroke.

02.16.11 Colorado Rockies pitcher Jason Hammel uses acupuncture to revitalizing his pitching arm and overall energy level, reports The Denver Post.

02.12.11 The Sydney Morning Herald reports on the U.S. military’s use of acupuncture to treat symptoms from battlefield concussions.

02.08.11 Acupuncture and exercise improve hormone levels and menstrual bleeding in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), reports The Times of India.

02.07.11 United Arab Emirates paper The National features a post-operative success story in an overview piece about acupuncture.

02.04.11 The New York Times reports on the use of acupuncture and yoga to relieve stress and improve chances of pregnancy.

01.04.11 New Yorkers’ penchant for acupuncture is at the center of the debate over no-fault insurance, reports Dow Jones.

12.15.10 The Baltimore Sun writes about community acupuncture, saying it “casts a wider net.”

12.14.10 The Times of India reports on a new study that says acupuncture could be helpful for lazy eye. The Washington Post picks it up a week later.

12.13.10 In an article that calls into question the scientific method, The New Yorker mentions acupuncture as an example of “selective reporting.”

11.30.10 Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), researchers in Germany have concluded that acupuncture changes how the brain perceives pain, reports The Telegraph. The Times of India, Marie Claire in the U.K., and TIME pick it up as well.

11.29.10 The New York Times profiles a traveling NFL acupuncturist who treats players from the Jets, Giants, Steelers, Bengals and Dolphins.

11.22.10 Los Angeles Times disses a new do-it-yourself acupuncture device that uses magnetic pulses on the hand. A doctor interviewed for the story says, “While carefully applied acupuncture with needles has some potential to ease pain and relieve stress, there’s no reason to believe that small magnetic pulses would have the same effect.”

11.19.10 Fox Business runs an overview piece on the emergence of integrative medicine, including acupuncture, saying it “mirrors a tenant of healthcare reform: patient-centered, well-dialogued care.“

11.15.10 San Francisco Chronicle includes acupuncture in an article about pay-what-you-want pricing. A community acupuncturist tells the paper, “The sliding scale is a very appropriate model for medicine in these times.”

11.08.10 Doctor tells Reuters, in an article about antidepressants for hot flashes after breast cancer, “…the literature is showing that acupuncture is equivalent to drug therapy without the side effects.”

10.30.10 On the advice of fellow singer Celine Dion, Mariah Carey used acupuncture to get pregnant, reports Toronto Sun.

10.26.10 New England School of Acupuncture in Boston has received a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study the effects of acupuncture on Gulf War Illness, reports area rag Wicked Local.

10.18.10 Asserting a noteworthy placebo effect associated with Botox for chronic migraines, Forbes references a 2008 acupuncture study on irritable bowel syndrome.

10.13.10 “Schott’s Vocab,” The New York Times‘ daily record of interesting words and phrases, highlights “qi.”

10.11.10 Huffington Post runs a piece from Cedars-Sinai’s chair of medicine, who says “acupuncture is a key player” in today’s medical environment, despite the challenges of studying it according to biomedical research standards.

10.05.10 USA Today discusses efforts underway to spread Chinese medicine, including acupuncture, throughout the U.S. and other Western nations.

09.27.10 Los Angeles Times says insurance companies are slow to catch up with patient interest in acupuncture.

09.25.10 Apollo Hospitals, India’s well known hospital chain, trained its practitioners in Five Element acupuncture and will begin offering it to patients, according to The Times of India.

09.24.10 NFL stars turn to acupuncture to recover from football injuries, reports The Baltimore Sun.

09.14.10 The Sydney Morning Herald highlights an Australian study that shows acupuncture prompts changes in the mood-regulating part of the brain. The researchers sidestepped the controversy over sham needling by using laser acupuncture that can be dialed down to where it does not produce a skin sensation, but still exerts necessary pressure on the acupuncture point.

09.10.10 Acupuncture helps prevent suicides, says The Times of India, after speaking with medical experts in China.

09.01.10 The Montreal Gazette reports acupuncture news from the 13th World Congress of Pain, happening this week in Montreal. A neuroscientist and acupuncture expert from China, Ji-sheng Han, said people who don’t experience pain relief from acupuncture produce too many anti-opioids, canceling the morphine-like effects.

08.23.10 Acupuncture may not fit the Western research models being used to study it, says The New York Times.

08.18.10 The Irish Medical Times looks at acupuncture for migraine and chronic headaches by digging into Cochrane Reviews.

08.18.10 The New York Times reports on an acupuncture study, published in the September issue of Arthritis Care and Research, that suggests both real and “fake” acupuncture relieve knee arthritis pain. Time also picks it up.   

08.11.10 The U.K.’s Mirror runs a piece on acupuncture for infertility, featuring five success stories.

08.01.10 NPR picks up a story from The Associated Press on a recent ruling in South Korea that prevents longtime traditional medicine practitioners who haven’t met current licensing requirements from treating patients. The case focused on South Korea’s most famous acupuncturist, 95-year-old Kim Nam-soo, who was forced to shutter his practice in 2008 after the country’s medical establishment said Kim was illegally practicing moxibustion.

07.25.10 Songwriter Kristin Hersh credits acupuncture with alleviating her bipolar disorder, reports The Guardian.

07.10.10 Smokers in Michigan, encouraged by the state’s ban in bars and restaurants, are turning to acupuncture to help quit, reports The Detroit News.

07.07.10 Manhattan women—and men—are turning more and more to acupuncture for reproductive issues, says New York Press.

06.29.10 The Epoch Times runs an acupuncture overview.

06.24.10 CNN includes acupuncture in a piece about boosting female libido and references a first-hand account on the subject from Cookie.

06.23.10 The Journal of New England Technology reports on a recent grant awarded to The New England School of Acupuncture. The $1.2 million grant comes from the U.S. Department of Defense, to support a trial on the use of acupuncture for Gulf War veterans suffering from fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, headaches, dizziness, memory problems, indigestion, skin problems, shortness of breath and mood disorders.

06.23.10 One Chinese rap group’s weight-loss challenge includes daily acupuncture to reduce appetite, reports CNN.

06.20.10 The Examiner covers a small acupuncture study in which German researchers showed that acupuncture can improve exercise tolerance in people with congestive heart failure.

06.19.10 Austin American-Statesman reports on the military’s use of acupuncture to treat PTSD.

06.19.10 A columnist for Canada’s National Post writes of her brother’s decision to become an acupuncturist.

06.07.10 In light of last week’s release of a much-debated study suggesting how acupuncture may work, The Guardian discusses the role of placebo effect in acupuncture and other forms of medicine.

06.01.10 Huffington Post guest blogger Nalini Chilkov writes about the benefits of acupuncture for cancer patients. And Jamie Frevele offers a first-hand account of her recent visit to an acupuncturist.

05.30.10 Multiple news outlets, including BBC News, Telegraph, The Boston Globe, CNET News and The Wall Street Journal, report on new research that shows acupuncture stimulates the release of adenosine, a neurotransmitter that inhibits nerve signals and reduces pain. The business press is taking notice, too, as the study also looked at how acupuncture’s effects may be enhanced by a pharmaceutical that increases the accumulation of adenosine.

05.30.10 Singer Celine Dion, 42, tells People that acupuncture helped her get pregnant with twins.

05.25.10 Yankees pitcher A.J. Burnett joins the growing list of athletes who attribute improved and fewer injuries to acupuncture, reports The Star-Ledger.

05.24.10 NBA star Grant Hill reveals his experience with acupuncture to a NBA.com sport reporter who tried it himself for the story.

05.24.10 The Globe and Mail asks some commonly wondered questions about acupuncture.

05.24.10 News-Sentinel, a newspaper covering Fort Wayne, Indiana, runs a profile on a local pain-management doctor who  supplements her Western treatment recommendations with acupuncture. She says of combining acupuncture with more mainstream pain-management techniques such as prescription drugs and spinal-cord injections, “It doesn’t have to be either/or.”

05.20.10 Acupuncture is part of the ExCITE (Exercise and Cancer Integrative Therapies and Education) program that Henry Ford Hospital researchers in Detroit are getting attention for this week, from Science Daily and The Times of India, among others.

05.19.10 CNN picks up a piece from Real Simple that provides an overview look at integrative medicine. Acupuncture is mentioned throughout.

05.18.10 A deal between The Texas College of Oriental Medicine and Taiwan’s Fu Jen Catholic University has created a student-exchange program between the two schools, reports Austin Business Journal.

05.18.10 Shouldn’t people be allowed to choose what healthcare modalities work best for them? The Times of India asks this in response to the British Medical Association’s ruling against tax-payer funding for homeopathy, citing “no scientific basis.” Acupuncture is referenced in the commentary.

05.17.10 Christian Dior designer John Galliano made acupuncture a priority while in Shanghai for a fashion show, reports WWD.

05.15.10 Today runs a 5-minute segment on acupuncture. In the interview, featured acupuncturist Daniel Hsu rightly stressed, “Acupuncture is not a panacea…it should be used as an integrative part of modern medicine.”

05.11.10 BusinessWeek picks up a piece from HealthDay on a German study that demonstrates acupuncture’s pain-relieving benefits.

05.09.10 Acupuncture is one of many alternative therapies used to keep racehorses healthy, says The New York Times.

05.08.10 Reuters says the Pentagon is using acupuncture to treat soldiers for post-traumatic stress disorder.

05.06.10 A biomedical engineer tells The New York Times that acupuncture is legit.

05.01.10 The New York Times runs a piece on acupuncture’s popularity, despite insurance companies’ reluctance to cover it.

04.29.10 Reuters runs a piece that contains more detail on one of the studies mentioned below, this one focusing on Iraqi doctors who used acupuncture to address a shortage of oxytocin, a drug given to mothers after c-section births.

04.28.10 Los Angeles Times reports on two recent studies that looked at acupuncture’s effects on labor and delivery.

04.15.10 Actor Lesley Ann Warren tells Chicago Tribune about her use of acupuncture and Chinese medicine.

04.10.10 Acupuncture is among the many perks being offered to employees at tech firms in Silicon Valley, says Los Angeles Times.

04.02.10 Medical News Today reports on new research that says acupuncture may help with loss of smell due to post-viral infection.

03.30.10 A new study performed in the U.K. shows acupuncture is beneficial in treated dental phobia, says BBC News.

03.22.10 The Wall Street Journal discusses some of the latest theories on how acupuncture works.

03.05.10 Medical News Today reports on a new study that says acupuncture may help relieve the joint pain and stiffness caused by some hormonal therapies used for breast cancer.

03.03.10 The only professor of complementary medicine in the United Kingdom, Edzard Ernst, is facing the potential closure of his unit at the Peninsula medical school in Exeter, The Guardian reports. Ernst is the U.K.’s leading man for carrying out research, and assessing that of others, on complementary therapies such as acupuncture.

02.07.10 British actor Emma Thompson tells The Guardian how acupuncture helped her back pain—and why she recommends it to family and friends.

02.05.10 Researchers unveiled findings from a study that shows acupuncture as an effective treatment for depression during pregnancy, says Medical News Today.

01.21.10 Reuters reports on a study in Pakistan that showed electroacupuncture may be helpful for people with knee osteoarthritis.

12.30.09 BusinessWeek picks up a story from HealthDay News that says acupuncture may be helpful in reducing hot flashes and increasing sex drive in breast-cancer patients.

12.29.09 The Guardian includes acupuncture in an article about treatments for bedwetting.

12.22.09 Reuters reports on a German study that says acupuncture can help with eczema.

11.12.09 Acupuncture may be helpful in boosting immune function during flu season, says The Washington Post.

11.01.09 The Associated Press reports on the growing trend of medical and nursing schools teaching acupuncture.

10.25.09 One London acupuncturist specializing in infertility is reporting 70% success rates, says The Guardian.

10.16.09 Reuters reports on a new study that supports ear acupuncture for back pain in pregnant women.

10.08.09 Smokers in Kalamazoo, MI, are using acupuncture to kick the habit. MLive.com delivers the story.

10.06.09 Scotland’s Daily Record tells of a Scottish acupuncturist who is volunteering her services in the war-torn Gaza Strip.

10.03.09 The Guardian breaks down a U.K. acupuncturist’s career by numbers.

10.03.09 The first annual AcuFest comes to Coral Gables, FL, says The Miami Herald.

08.27.09 US News & World Report picks up a story from HealthDay News about an imaging study that shows acupuncture eases pain by regulating key receptors in the brain.

08.22.09 Medical News Today reports on a Swedish study that says acupuncture can help relieve polycystic ovary syndrome.

08.22.09 A letter to The Times explains why acupuncture isn’t appropriate for double-blind clinical testing.

08.20.09 Study results published in the September issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia show that electroacupuncture has pain-reducing effects, reports Medical News Today.

08.11.09 Medical News Today reports on a University of Michigan study that shows how acupuncture affects pain receptors in the brain.

07.24.09 A group of U.S. Senators, according to The Boston Globe, are getting behind the fight for better coverage of complementary healthcare modalities, including acupuncture.

07.13.09 The Washington Post looks at mainstream medical doctors who are taking a more integrated approach, combining modalities such as acupuncture into their practices.

07.06.09 Medical News Today runs a thorough primer on acupuncture.

06.10.09 A study reported on by Medical News Today shows that acupuncture may help relieve indigestion in pregnant women.

05.27.09 BBC News reports: The U.K.’s National Health Service is now offering acupuncture to patients with persistent back pain, marking the first time NHS has backed a complementary therapy. The Times debates the decision.

05.21.09 Acupuncture—with toothpicks!—works for back pain, says TIME.