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Colic: Is acupunture the answer?

A small study suggests acupuncture can stop babies crying but does it work?

A small study published by the British Medical Journal Press suggests acupuncture can stop colicky babies crying.

Professor David Colquhoun, pharmacologist at University College London, and Dr Mike Cummings, one of the associate editors of Acupuncture in Medicine and medical director of the British Medical Acupuncture Society discuss Acupuncture and how it can be compared to more conventional medicines.

(Image: Child with Acupuncture needles in stomach. Credit: Getty images)

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