Ugh: "Hospital, @UofT examine possible uses of alternative medicines" https://www.toronto.com/news-story/5345024-hospital-u-of-t-examine-possible-uses-of-alternative-medicines/ … @SRHHospital @carlyweeks @sharon_kirkey @CBCHealth @DrPChouinard @gorskon via @ryarmst
Nothing irritates me more than academic centres legitimizing questionable alternative practices!
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Replying to @HomegrownJoan @UofT and
Evidence for acupuncture much weaker than often believed, see: http://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/november-2017/acupuncture-and-the-placebo-problem/ … Indeed, it stands as an example of the legitimization problem. And use for addiction? See https://aim.bmj.com/content/early/2018/07/20/acupmed-2016-011283 … No diff btw "real" and sham acupuncture. And see https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0376871616001095 …
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Replying to @CaulfieldTim @DrJenGunter and
When someone is suffering with cancer -Why anyone would want to take relief away from a patient whether it’s drug or placebo induced is a sign the doc is a control freak- not a healer. Be careful doc you are treading on sacred ground here
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Replying to @Minervasbard @CaulfieldTim and
Not only is prescribing a placebo treatment unethical for a vast number of reasons, but the effect itself is oversold. As an example, the placebo effect as reported in clinical trials consists of a number of non-specific effects that don't occur clinically (various biases).
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Replying to @ryarmst @CaulfieldTim and
People Talk shit in ivory towers forgetting that the patients are live human beings. As a cancer survivor & patient I don’t have the luxury of joining you on high. If acupuncture lowers stress levels & blood pressure & helps the patient rest then it helps period.
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Replying to @Minervasbard @CaulfieldTim and
I agree. If acupuncture lowers stress, blood pressure, and helps patients rest, then it may be an appropriate treatment. It is in those ivory towers, however, where the scientific method is employed to determine if this is the case.
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Replying to @ryarmst @CaulfieldTim and
No it’s on the patient on the table. Ivory towers are for discussion. Remember you are talking about living human beings with lives outside your clinic. What you say & do profoundly affects them along with your attitude esp when they deal with an adversary like cancer
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Replying to @Minervasbard @CaulfieldTim and
What exactly are you even advocating?
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Replying to @ryarmst @CaulfieldTim and
That cancer patients use other means to find relief & as long as they aren’t harming themselves you should be supportive b/c it makes them feel better during one of the worst times a person can live through. Integrative therapies help them cope thru a harsh disease & treatments
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Anyone is free to seek out any pseudoscience they choose, it just should not be publicly funded and cannot ethically be endorsed by physicians.
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Replying to @ryarmst @CaulfieldTim and
This isn’t about you Ryan. It’s funny how you feel insulted about something that’s not about you. It’s about the patients.
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Replying to @Minervasbard @CaulfieldTim and
Projecting much? Where have I been insulted?
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