On the plus side, good on the NICM for publishing their negative results On the downside, if you keep looking for a positive result, sooner or later you'll find one
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If you test acupuncture against every medical condition known to man, EVENTUALLY you'll get a positive study That's just how statistics work
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And because all these trials are on different topics, meta-analyses and systematic reviews won't necessarily pick them up together
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But the problem is, the number of well-controlled negative trials is overwhelming. Which is why it's reasonable to conclude that acupuncture is unlikely to have any therapeutic benefit
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