CNN Healthcare March 17, 2013 01:12:00
Some horrific injuries and they're getting narcotics for a longer period of time, they're certainly at risk to develop dependency. and that's what we're trying to avoid. the army surgeon general directed that we establish the pain management task force to take a look at alternatives to narcotics. >> there's very large randomized trials done at multiple centers that have demonstrated that acupuncture works. so we put together a study to see if we can actually insert this simple acupuncture technique during the aerovacs of wounded soldiers into walter reed and other medical centers in the united...