Whether you’re a skeptic or a true believer in the efficacy of acupuncture, a new study about the ancient practice is worth considering. Researchers described a mechanism that could theoretically result in pain relief from inserting needles into a willing patient’s skin, provided that a specific technique is used (which is to say, not just any so-called acupuncturist can pull it off). As a matter of full disclosure, I’m skeptical that acupuncture provides anything but a reliable placebo effect. Until now I’ve yet to see credible evidence that something else is happening when the needles go

A Facebook post that Town Administrator Nik Coates said was initiated by Joshua Adjutant called upon residents to attend the selectmen’s meeting on Oct. 19 to “voice their concerns, and discuss possible resolutions to the re-occurring problem.” Because two of the selectmen will not be able to attend the regularly scheduled meeting on the 19th, selectmen had previously decided to meet instead on Oct. 26. Coates said he and the selectmen have no role in police investigations. The explosions took place around 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 7 and caused people from as far away as Lincoln and Monroe to report

Then a series of studies in the 1980s and 1990s revealed that resting actually slowed recovery. acupunctureDoctors also explored surgical options, only to find that these physical fixes were thwarted by the complexity of the lower back. The best candidates for surgery are patients whose pain derives from a specific, identifiable source—such as a tumor or an infection. But 90 percent of cases are untraceable. Insults to the muscles, ligaments, joints, nerves or bones—or some combination thereof—can all cause lower back pain. And the specific sensations are unique to the individual; the same