Acupuncture
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Whilst in preparation, it may become a temporary repository for links to research papers being consulted.
Imagine you have an amount of money A, and your friend owns the same sum plus another amount, B. Who has more money? It’s simple: of course your friend. A+B will always be more than A (unless B is a negative amount). For the same reason, “pragmatic” trials following the “A+B versus B” design will always generate positive results (unless the treatment in question does significant harm). Treatment as usual plus acupuncture is more than treatment as usual, and the former is therefore more than likely to produce a better result. This is true even if acupuncture is a mere placebo. After all, a placebo is more than nothing, so the placebo effect will have an impact on the outcome, particularly if we are dealing with a highly subjective symptom such as fatigue.
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These articles are currently being considered.
Acupuncture: a clinical review (2005)
History of acupuncture research (2013)
Puncturing the myths of acupuncture (2016)
Acupuncture for gastrointestinal diseases (2023)
And these from Edzard Ernst:
The question to ask during ‘Acupuncture Awareness Week’: DOES ACUPUNCTURE WORK? (2024)
Acupuncture for postoperative gastrointestinal recovery in patients undergoing thoracoscopic surgery (2024)
And there will be more from other sources yet to be searched.
Page updated 22 April 2024