Acupuncturists Allowed to Return to Louisiana to Help Hurricane Trauma Victims

May 17, 2006

Diana Fried, Executive Director of Acupuncturists Without Borders ("AWB") announced today that the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners ("LSBME") enacted an emergency regulation on May 16, 2006 to allow out-of-state licensed acupuncturists to again offer free trauma relief...

Medical Board Bars Relief Efforts By Volunteer Acupuncturists Citing the “Absence of a Demonstrated Need”

February 20, 2006, New Orleans

The Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners has forced AWB to immediately terminate all of its humanitarian relief efforts in Louisiana.

Acupuncturists ease post-Katrina stress for residents, relief workers

Ancient remedy employed by Acupuncturists Without Borders after modern tragedy

February 3, 2006, New Orleans

The idea that pins and needles can help people may be a revelation for many, but Acupuncturists Without Borders has used the ancient healing art to soothe the stress, aches, pains, tired minds and muscles of residents ...

AWB will return to New Orleans

January, 2006, New Orleans

The out-of-state licensing exemption for practitioners to work in Louisiana has been extended ...

Free Trauma Relief Health Care May Have to End Suddenly in Louisiana

Good Samaritan Law Set to Expire on December 31, 2005

December, 2005, New Orleans