I heard a big number recently and thought I should record these somewhere. Now there's a new category called "Big Numbers."
Arthritis costs about $86 billion each year in direct and indirect costs in the United States. Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting 20 million Americans a year. The knee is a common site. Osteoarthritis is also a problem for which we don't have all the answers in conventional medicine. And the available drugs have side effects, particularly in the elderly. We wanted to see if acupuncture could make a difference.
http://nccam.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2005_winter/acupuncture.htm
