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The Remote Medic Goes (Far) East For Medical Skills

April 28th, 2018
Fort Drum, NY

A little over a year ago there was a doc on my team who was also a certified acupuncturist.  Her certification was in western medical acupuncture, not traditional Chinese acupuncture.  Part of what she did was something new to me called Battlefield Acupuncture (BFA).  It seemed a little hokey, but the coworkers she performed it on swore that it helped with pain.  At least some of her patients loved it.

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