@CaulfieldTim do you know anything about this?https://twitter.com/AlanLevinovitz/status/1144607395655671808 …
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There are classic & modern frames to acupuncture. Often "modern" approaches try to define scientifically (thermal imaging etc): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4363694/ … / https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2005290110600143 …. Does use of accepted scientific norms collapse claim that it is a separate knowledge system?pic.twitter.com/HpIA8bV1Q0
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Replying to @CaulfieldTim @AlanLevinovitz
Oddly enough, the new
@NIH_NCCIH director is known for her doing pseudoscientific studies trying to find anatomical correlates to acupuncture meridians and points.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2018/08/31/helene-langevin-named-nccih-director/ …1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
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Langevin has been trying to prove that acupuncture meridians correspond to areas where connective tissue bundles come together and thus weave a tale of acupuncture somehow working through stretching/stimulating connective tissue.
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It's utter nonsense, of course, but she's managed to publish in @PLOSONE and other journals papers claiming to find anatomic correlates to acupuncture meridians. The key word here is "claiming." The papers are nonsense.https://respectfulinsolence.com/2010/09/02/quackademic-medicine-infiltrates-plos-on/ …
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