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NEWS RELEASE

June 11, 2003

For More Information Contact: Diane Joswick, L.Ac., Phone: (760) 630-3600

A New Means for Acupuncturists to Market Their Practice

Acufinder.com is a new organization that promotes the benefits of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine to the public. Through its online referral service as well as its toll free number, the company connects patients to practitioners.

Over the past six years, the world has seen explosive growth in demand for information about acupuncture and Oriental medicine available on the Internet. Last year, alone, over 110 million Americans researched alternative health related topics online. Many people have found it difficult to filter all of the available data and put it to practical use. Acufinder.com has developed new technology to package pertinent information in a form that is easy to understand, user friendly and highly reputable.

www.Acufinder.com features dynamic search features to aid in connecting the right acupuncturist to the right person. Not only can a person search by type of acupuncture, areas of expertise, languages spoken and location but the search results will also show the distance to each practitioner, a photograph of the acupuncturist, and give the option to print out directions to the practitioner's office.

Acufinder.com is also an excellent guide to information about Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine for the general public. “Our goal is to provide the public with the most relevant and useful information about acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in a form that is easy to understand, user friendly and reliable,” says Diane Joswick, a licensed acupuncturist and President of Acufinder.com. “Acupuncture is well on its way to becoming as standard a form of health care as physical therapy. Acufinder.com is committed to the advancement of acupuncture and Oriental medicine in the Western community.”

Acufinder.com was launched in October 2001. The site currently receives over 95,000 hits a month and features approximately 8,000 licensed medical and veterinary acupuncturists across the United States and Canada.

Acupuncturists who would like to be listed on Acufinder.com can log on to http://www.acufinder.com/foracupuncturist.asp and choose to list their name, office address and phone number free of charge, or they may subscribe for a premier listing which includes a photo, bio, directions to their office, a link to their website and email, and priority placement of their listing.

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