Earlier this week, The New York Times reported about a recently published study in the Annals of Internal Medicine that shows acupuncture is an effective treatment for pain. Financed by the National Institutes of Health and carried out over the past 6 years involving nearly 18,000 patients. The findings indicate that acupuncture outperformed standard medical care treatments and over-the-counter med's when used on people suffering from osteoarthritis, migraines and chronic back, neck & shoulder pain.  See more here - http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/11/acupuncture-provides-true-pain-relief-in-study/