“If acupuncture were a drug, we’d say the drug works.” (Featured in TIME, June 2016)

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Featured in Time Magazine, June 29, 2016, Markham Heid  For certain conditions—particularly pain—there’s evidence it works. Exactly how it works is an open question. You hear the term “acupuncture,” and visions of needles may dance in your head. But the 3 million Americans (and counting) who have tried it know there’s a lot more to the treatment than pokes and pricks. A typical visit to an acupuncturist might begin with an examination of your tongue, the taking of your pulse at several points on each wrist and a probing of your abdomen. “They didn’t have MRIs or X-rays 2,500 years [...]