Albuquerque Journal, April 26th, 2004
Doctor says new acupuncture treatment for macular degeneration improves sight SANTA FE -- Most people would cringe at the thought of a needle in their eye. Yet, earlier this month, Irene von Horvath lay serenely in Dr. Alston Lundgren's examining room, her lids closed, with a pin- cushion-like cluster of eight needles sticking out around her eyes. No, the long, flexible needles weren't piercing her eyeballs, but sliding around the globe to tickle the optic nerve underneath. "Very rarely does it hurt," the 85-year-old Santa Fean said. She is one of the pioneers in something Lundgren calls t...
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