Asked today "is there any evidence for #acupuncture?"
Answer "Yes, but all the GOOD quality evidence is negative"
Generally, as the studies get bigger and more controlled, acupuncture becomes indistinguishable from placebo.
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Please feel free to provide evidence that proves me wrong.
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there's lots of it, which is what lead NICE to recommend it in the first place. I'll provide some later.
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no it doesn't. It is too hard to find a decent control. In pragmatic comparative studies it often does better than usual care.
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As an example; http://www.bmj.com/content/338/bmj.a3115 … Bigger studies with less bias tend to demonstrate small, if any, benefit.
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