acupuncture

does it have any health effects? if so, is it explainable by science? Its not something I commonly hear railed against by science, like homeopathy is.

www dot chronicle dot duke dot edu /vnews/display.v/ART/2005/12/02/4390392b96cd6 (I'm a new member and still under the 15 post restriction; maybe someone can post the entire link) This is an article titled "Tap your hidden potential" in Duke University's school paper. Basically, Dr. Larry...

I just learned today that Stanford University Hospital uses acupuncture in its anesthesiology department. If they could prove some efficacy, wouldn't that qualify for the challenge? I see "acupuncture" is listed as a paranormal item but I wonder if anesthesia fits. Has Stanford University every...

My local football team is treating torn hamstrings with acupuncture! I want to point out to them the absurdity of that. I am aware of an article in the Journal of the AMA that rates real acupuncture equal with "sham" acupuncture (ie putting the needles in the "wrong" places), but better than no...

Check out this link: a convincing study that shows significant improvement in migraines from use of acupuncture. It also shows the same amount of improvement from "sham acupuncture", where the needles were placed in the "wrong" locations. Oops. :D Journal of the American Medical Association

I've lurked here a little before and think most here have sharp minds and know a lot. My situation is my aunt has been suffering long term illness related to diabetes, and has a severe pain in her back that so far has been undiagnosed. Recently she made an appointment with a man who is both an...

From today's news This is very good news, because acupuncture is one quack treatment that seems to be accepted by a fairly large number of otherwise rational people. Of course, pin-heads will still continue to claim that it works for other things. Give it time. They'll all be debunked.