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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

Michigan, USA
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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 22 Jan 2020

    David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted MSK_IntegrativeMedicine

    This decision is, of course, a travesty. Acupuncture is a theatrical placebo. It does not have anything other than nonspecific effects for any condition. This is a waste of taxpayer money. Meanwhile once science-based institutions peddle acupuncture mystical pseudoscience.🙄https://twitter.com/MSK_Integrative/status/1220026969322147840 …

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    MSK_IntegrativeMedicine @MSK_Integrative
    #Medicare will now cover #acupuncture for chronic lower back pain. How can this change the future of coverage and pain management for cancer survivors? Join the conversation about this important issue at our Oncology Acupuncture Symposium April 24 – 25th https://bit.ly/30KzQGt  pic.twitter.com/f0qTwej6JP
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      2.  🎙 🎸 🥁 🌟Lisa KOENIG‏ @LisaKoenig21 22 Jan 2020
        Replying to @JenniPxox @gorskon

        The website he works for as managing editor, #ScienceBasedMedicine.org appears to be nothing but a propaganda-rich entertainment site to me. No real journalism there. Or science for that matter. Take it with a grain of salt.

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      2. Scrimshaw Jen  💙‏ @ScrimshawsFire 22 Jan 2020
        Replying to @gorskon @dranniehickox

        I've been told so many times that my pain is all in my head. This is just similar thinking. "I can't explain xyz therefore it's not real". The absolute pinnacle of medical arrogance.

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      3. Jennifer Greer M.D.‏ @greerplastics 22 Jan 2020
        Replying to @ScrimshawsFire @gorskon @dranniehickox

        Randomized controlled trials of acupuncture that use a sham treatment show no effects. There is nothing to explain.

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      2. temporaryusername8@ 🏡‏ @temporaryusern8 22 Jan 2020
        Replying to @gorskon

        I understand anecdotal evidence isn’t really evidence. But, I’ve seen some amazing results with acupuncture for intractable CINV. And even if it *is* just placebo, if it works, when zofran, compazine, zyprexa, Ativan, etc, doesn’t, is it still really a waste of $?

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      3. David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 22 Jan 2020
        Replying to @temporaryusern8

        Yes.

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      1. Nick did not say what people are saying he said‏ @SmmrHghlndFlls 22 Jan 2020
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        I've had people tell me the therapy for my depression is pseudoscience, too. I've also received better care from nurses than I ever have from a doctor.

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      1. Aidan Vosooghi (He/Him)‏ @vosooghiman 22 Jan 2020
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        To those replying in defense of placebo therapies/acupuncture, please consider the time and opportunity costs of pursuing those ‘treatment’ modalities, as well as the conditioning of patients to false narratives.

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