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April 11, 2008 Volume 17 No. 4

On Pins & Needles
Acupuncture brings relaxation for anxious patients in fertility treatment

Kim Fama, senior marketing analyst at SAS, is at full term in her pregnancy. Lying on her left side, she relaxes on a table in the cozy, serene exam room at the Duke Fertility Center on Fayetteville Road in Durham.

Fama remains relaxed as Katherine Rowe, a licensed acupuncturist, inserts a tiny, cat whisker-thin needle into a point on Kim’s arm.

Rowe adjusts the needle to the correct depth, then carefully takes another individually...

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