November 18, 2005

Take 2 Herbal Remedies and Call Me in the Morning

By KATHERINE S. MANGAN

Despite worries from some doctors, more medical schools are incorporating alternative treatments in their curricula

Robert M. Duggan cradles the wrist of a second-year student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine while another acupuncturist demonstrates how she would insert a stainless-steel needle into the student's scalp to relieve lower-back pain or lessen a migraine.

Sixteen medical students sit cross-legged on the floor, in rapt attention. "If someone puts a

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