1.   Anything, even acupuncture needles, that pierces or penetrates the body should be suspect unless you know it is sterile.

2.   Asthma The U.S. Food and Drug Administration last summer approved acupuncture needles for use by qualified practitioners in the treatment of asthma.

3.   A dozen women sit motionless, acupuncture needles protruding from their ears.

4.   Li said he had been inspired in part by acupuncture needles.

5.   Meanwhile, in the examining room next door, Raclyn inserted an acupuncture needle into the forehead of Spike, a female cat with kidney problems.

6.   The area can be scanned as the needle is rotated, just as an acupuncture needle might be turned.

7.   Using acupuncture needles with an electric charge, researchers report they were able to ease the blood pressure of a cat.

8.   He also had been getting acupuncture needles all week, and said he would have stopped playing earlier if this had not been Wimbledon.