Acupuncture in the news
In response to a recent ABC “science news” report about acupuncture, Dr Steve Basser writes:
When a skeptic reads that acupuncture ‘works’ the most important question to ask is what specifically the author means by acupuncture? What exactly is it they are claiming is working, and how have they reached their conclusion?
There have been innumerable papers on acupuncture published over many many years in journals both reputable and less so, but a weakness of many of these is that they do not clearly define what it is they are testing, and fail to detail how they will establish whether it does indeed ‘work’.
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