AP IMPACT: $2.5B spent, no alternative med cures

Greg Wahl-Stephens/AP

Elizabeth Karkosky uses a Tapas acupressure technique, with one hand cradling the back of her neck and the thumb and ring finger of the other hand in the corners of her eyes and the middle finger in the center at the ‘third eye’, during a therapy session in Portland, Ore. A $2 million government study will test whether this acupressure technique can prevent dieters from regaining weight.