Tag Archives: acupuncture
Sham Acupuncture
What is sham acupuncture? It is an acupuncture treatment that does not stimulate known acupuncture points. What is real acupuncture? In this new acupuncture study published in a real medical journal: A randomized trial comparing acupuncture, simulated acupuncture, and usual care for chronic low back pain [Archives of Internal Medicine, 2009 May 11]; simulated acupuncture [...]
Acupuncture Side Effect
Hilarious commercial created by DDB Amsterdam for Centraal Beheer Achmea. Do you believe acupuncture is more effective than a placebo? Don’t fall for it… unless you’re insurance covers it.
Acupuncture on the Internet?
Is the ancient art of acupuncture on the newfangled Internet? Do acupuncturists own computers so they can read the scientific literature on acupuncture? A trial design that generates only ”positive” results [J Postgrad Med. 2008 Jul-Sep] The reason for the inability of the ‘A + B versus B’ design to generate negative results (under the [...]
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