LOS ANGELES ---- Growing numbers of U.S. hospitals, responding to patient demand, are integrating acupuncture, massage therapy and other alternative services into their conventional medical care, a recent national survey shows.

Forty-two percent of hospitals in the September survey said they offer one or more alternative therapies, including meditation, relaxation training, homeopathy and chiropractic care.

That's up from 37 percent of hospitals that said they offered such medical services in 2007.