“now propose a larger study in 300 patients to confirm these previous findings.” Is this how science is done now? You have a preliminary study and instead of seeing if it’s a real causation you now want to confirm? You already have a result in mind?
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Please If I have cancer and cancer related pain. And if someone tries to see if placebo pain control will work before giving opioids. I will scream bloody murder
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I'm pretty sure no one will force you to participate. You can save your vocal cords.
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Acupuncture is BS. This was a waste of money, and will only serve as propaganda for quacks.
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Well, at least we are all clear about your bias against this therapy. There is a need for drug-free pain management options, and acupuncture seems to be pretty good for chronic pain. See Vickers et al, 2012 and 2018.
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Yes they already have a result in mind the whole wording of this suggests that they EXPECT a positive outcome. How did this get funded exactly?
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It is called the scientific method. Maybe you've heard of it?
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Waste of time and money. Ridiculous.
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It seems this is a great way for us to learn if acupuncture is a reasonable option to control pain during chemo for blood cancers.
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