Why should I, as a scientist and surgeon, accept a practice “not supported by adequate data” about which I “cannot make empirical inferences”? Of course, there’s a lot of evidence about acupuncture, and in its totality it indicates that acupuncture is a theatrical placebo. https://t.co/rfS7ckvgCA
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And the price for it likely went up
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This slightly overlaps with a discussion in the UK @ whether GPs should issue social prescriptions -> the implicit medicalisation of some items & removing power from local initiatives. We even have
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Yeah Someone can sit with them and hold their hand, talk to them . And try to put them ‘in a different mindset’. I am sure the perception of pain would go away for some. But that is not therapy and hand holding is not a medical procedure
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Don’t forget ‘Laughter Therapy’

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Hmm... 'medicalise things that we used to do to relax' eh? There's a gap in the market for 'alternative sleep'. Simply monitise and medicalise the 'bed'. Bed = 'horizontal equilibrilizer'. Hotel = 'sleep treatment centre'. I can see this being huge.
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But at least, the benefits and mechanisms are real, unlike pinning imaginary points in an astrological map of the body to block or release a mythical vital force.
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