Woman Dies After Acupuncture Session Using Live Bees
An apitherapy practitioner administers a bee sting to the hand of a patient at Cibubur Bee Center on April 15, 2007, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Dimas Ardian/Getty Images
A woman in Spain died after a procedure that uses live bee stingers to replace acupuncture needles.
The woman died weeks after an ambulance was called during a session. She ultimately suffered multiple organ failure and a watershed stroke, according to a study by a university hospital in Spain.
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