THE DOCTOR HAS A NICE TOUCH

It’s a doctor’s visit with a difference at the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine, where traditional Western medicine and Eastern techniques, such as massage and acupuncture, come together. Above, Dr. Jun Liang Yu, with Dr. Ka Kit Hui, massages a patient who has symptoms of chronic fatigue. Yu--who is both physician and massage therapist--says the method is not designed simply to soothe and relax but to treat ailments such as chronic pain by applying pressure to specific points. It’s not for fun, he says--massage is being used “at a higher level . . . as another form of treatment.” Yu treats patients Nancy Byrne, left, and Petra Ladonna, right.