This one tripped off my irony meter.
Sham acupuncture works as well as real* acupuncture:
* - as in, sham.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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An idea, if powerful enough, will be heard despite all attempts to prevent it from being heard. A feeling, if strong enough, will be felt despite all that reason and logic would do to stop it. That, in the realm of mind and of heart, is true justice.
That study has been done a few times over the years and keeps coming up with the same basic results. Like most other SCAM treatments (supplements, complimentary and alternative medicine), it comes down to placebo (which can have a real effect at mitigating the pain someone is feeling, but it doesn't do anything for the underlying problem).
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