On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Michael Dawson -PSU wrote:
> If acupuncture worked by anything other than its ritualized
> exoticism/placebo effect, the be a corporate "Needles 'R Us" on every street
> corner.
Oops. Clinical trials have demonstrated that acup. is an effective therapy for chronic pain and improves the range of motion in arthritis patients, compared to "placebo" treatments. Again, I think it's useful if we base our judgments about medical therapies on rigorous data, not common sense.
Miles