No surprise. IVF & acupuncture? Doesn't work (but how could it?): https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2681194?redirect=true&utm_source=STAT+Newsletters&utm_campaign=d212c12457-MR&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8cab1d7961-d212c12457-116322369 … "#acupuncture vs sham acupuncture at the time of ovarian stimulation & embryo transfer resulted in no significant difference in live birth rates." @gorskon @EdzardErnst @skepticpedi
Much “standard” allopathic medicine is not based on valid(ated), credible, high quality evidence. Some has significant harm. “But according to a new BMJ study, only 18 percent of clinical recommendations are based on high-quality evidence.” http://www.clinical-innovation.com/topics/analytics-quality/only-18-clinical-recommendations-are-evidence-based …
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Precisely. Also, even if you accept that 18% figure as accurate (and I don't), adding acupuncture and other CAM to conventional medicine would make the figure EVEN WORSE.
End of conversation
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Even if accurate (and the figure has been disputed as way too low) it would STILL be way better than anything in CAM. Basically you appear to be saying that because EBM is imperfect it's OK to embrace rank pseudoscience and quackery.
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There is a difference between 18% based on high quality evidence, and alt med based on no evidence.
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So I should give up on hand washing for infection control? Or pressure for bleeding control?
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