Guest guest Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 >>Z'ev told me that harvard research is about to begin that will attempt to prove just that. acupuncture is a placebo. if so, then little has actually changed. >> I would like to know in detail how they're going about their research. It's very difficult to see how any such study could be definitive. One treats specific conditions. Even if one identifies a reliable control for acupuncture needles (already probably a very problematic issue), the next step is to study a specific approach towards treating a problem. Now how do we define that problem? In biomedical terms, in which case what about the all important differentiations required in various types of East Asian medicine? And even if one finds an acceptable solution to that problem, and finds that acupuncture doesn't work better than the 'placebo', how can one extrapolate from that to other systems of acupuncture, or the use of acupuncture for other medical conditions? I suspect that if we knew the details of the study, we would find its assumptions very problematic, to say the least. Z'ev, do you have any details of the study? Wainwright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 Bob Felt and I were talking yesterday about trying to get more details about the study. My feeling is that if such research is going on, there should be much more input from the profession. On Wednesday, October 22, 2003, at 09:18 AM, wainwrightchurchill wrote: > > Z'ev, do you have any details of the study? > > Wainwright > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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