Alternative treatment may tame chronic pain - Botek has suffered from chronic pain for almost three decades now. Eighteen percent of Canadians suffer with him, and the national cost of chronic pain exceeds $10 billion annually, according to the Chronic Pain Association of Canada.  In order to function normally, Botek flies to Vancouver to undergo intensive therapy for pain four times a year. He relies on an alternative form of treatment called intramuscular stimulation therapy, for which he sees Dr. Chan Gunn, president of the Vancouver Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain and pioneer of IMS treatment. Now 77 and a patient of Gunn's since he was 48, Botek claims no one else performs the therapy as well as Gunn does.

   Acupuncture training offered to Guagua folks - The Parish Ministry Service, the social arm of the Parish of Saint James in Betis here, is conducting Acupuncture and Reflexology training for local and nearby parishioners who would like an easy way to earn money.  According to Fe Pineda, officer of the parish ministry service, the program aims to develop self reliance among trainees and provide them with a source of income.

    Docs: Acupuncture Good For Cancer Patients - The ancient practice of acupuncture has been helping people with a variety of medical problems for thousands of years, and some modern studies have shown it can be helpful to people who suffer from nausea.  For women having chemotherapy after breast cancer, acupuncture may be one more weapon in the arsenal.

   Northeast Campus: Acupuncture - A career counselling programme on acupuncture has recently been organised by the career counselling and guidance cell of Swahid Peoli Phukan College of Namti at the college auditorium .  The programme was conducted by the principal, S.S. Jaman, while the head of the department of geography, Bharat Bhusan Bora, elaborated on the objective of the meeting. The president of the college management committee, Surendra Nath Borgohain, inaugurated the session.

   Alternative practices stir debate - Although most moms and dads cringe as they watch their babies get inoculations or shots of antibiotics, other parents have embraced the use of needles to treat everything from their infants' colic to their toddlers' chronic ear infections.  They swear by alternative practices such as massage, herbs and acupuncture, in which ultra-thin needles are inserted at specific points to treat pain and other maladies.