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Acupuncture at local hospital Cancer Center

Nov 012012

Acupuncture at Cancer Center at Enloe Hospital, Chico, Ca.
This Acupuncture Clinic is low-cost for any cancer patient, whether your oncologist is affiliated with this hospital or not. Acupuncture is done here mainly to treat patients for the side effects of radiation and chemo, but acupuncture is excellent for cancer in many other ways.

Acupuncture FAQs at Enloe Cancer Center

Xerostomia (Dry Mouth) from Radiation helped by Acupuncture

Cancer/Integrative Oncology

Nov 012012

Article about research showing that Acupuncture benefits the side effect of Xerostomia (dry mouth) from head and neck radiation: October 2012 article

Article about Xerostomia and Acupuncture published in 2000

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