LA Childrens Hospital Teams With Respected School
Acupuncture Today
By Tina Beychok, Associate Editor

One of the more encouraging findings from the recent National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine CAM survey (see February issue of Acupuncture Today) was the increase in its use among pediatric patients. Combine this with the trend toward integration into traditional medical settings, and there would seem to be a natural niche where AOM would fit very neatly. We have already seen acupuncture and Oriental medicine making inroads into the armed services, as well as providing unique learning opportunities for medical students. All of this points toward AOM being accepted as a part of the whole health care package. Now, a new collaborative externship program between a prestigious children’s hospital and a well-respected AOM school in Los Angeles seems to have found a way to bring these two elements together. (more…)