高中英语：acupuncture相关素材（牛津版选修7）.doc

高考资源网（）您身边的高考专家欢迎广大教师踊跃来稿稿酬丰厚。用心爱心专心高考资源网（）您身边的高考专家欢迎广大教师踊跃来稿稿酬丰厚。AcupunctureTheChinesetherapyofacupuncturehasbeenusedformillenniatotreatarangeofailments.NowitlookslikeWesternmedicineisgettingthepoint.Acupuncturehasbecomeoneofthemostpopular–andaccepted–unconventionaltherapieswithintheUnitedStates.Anestimated15millionAmericanshavetriedthisneedletherapy.It'sofferedinmanychronicpainclinicsandiscoveredbysomeinsurersandmanagedheathorganizations.TheWorldHealthOrganizationrecommendsitformorethan40conditionsasdiverseasasthmaandchronicpain.TheFoodandDrugAdministrationregulatesacupunctureneedlesasmedicaldevicesthesameasitdoessurgicaltools.Andin1997aNationalInstitutesofHealthpanelfoundacupuncturetobeanacceptabletreatmentformanypainconditionsincludingfibromyalgiaandgeneralmusculoskeletalpain.Andnoitusuallydoesn'thurtafteraninitial"pinch"orsting.Soit'snosurprisethatsomerheumatologistsaresuggestingacupuncturealongwithmoreconventionaltreatmentstotheirarthritispatients–andafewevengiveacupuncturetreatmentsthemselves."It'sreallyalmostmainstreamnow"saysStuartS.KassanMDarheumatologistinprivatepracticeinDenverwhobecameanacupuncturistin1996."It'ssafewhendoneproperlyandcanbeveryhelpfulforpain."HoweverDr.Kassansaysmanydoctorsdoremainskeptical."Somerolltheireyesandsaytheycan'tbelieveI'mdoingacupuncture"hesays."Butrheumatologistsseealotofpatientswithproblemswecan'tdoanythingaboutespeciallychronicpain.Weallbecomeveryfrustrated.Andthisiswhereacupuncturemakesitsgreatestimpact:withpatientswhohavefailedconventionaltreatment."DonL.GoldenbergMDchiefofrheumatologyatNewton-WellesleyHospitalandprofessorofmedicineatTuftsUniversitySchoolofMedicineinBostonagrees.Afi