“The medical profession is really picking up on the use of acupuncture as an alternative to opioids and using it more and more,” said Dr. Charles Anderson, a John Hopkins and Harvard trained newborn intensive care physician with degrees from Princeton University, Johns Hopkins, and Boston University.

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