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Published online 1 May 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050425-12
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Acupuncture activates the brain
Medicinal use of needles does more than placebos.
Acupuncture has a measurable, if mysterious, effect on the brain, UK scientists have found. The study adds to evidence that patients benefit from acupuncture not simply because of their expectations.
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