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Article: Acupuncture gaining credibility among health experts.(Originated from The Providence Journal-Bulletin)
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- November 21, 1997
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. _ Kenneth M. Clement's life changed some years ago when a friend's horse, sick and ready to be put down, was treated by an acupuncturist. As Clement tells it, acupuncture saved the horse's life. No way, he thought, was this cure all in the animal's head.
Clement, then in his mid-30s and working as a salesman, headed for Boston, a three-year course at the New England School of Acupuncture, and a new career.
Today he is 51 and practices in East Providence. ``I can help people get out of pain,'' Clement says. ``That's what's so nice about acupuncture _ you can get people out of pain without drugs. I have a great feeling in my heart ...