Friday, February 10, 2012

Acupuncture--Real or Fake--Linked to Pain Relief

(New York Times) UPDATED 2010-08-18
According to a new study, acupuncture, real or fake, helps to ease pain. Researchers performed both traditional Chinese acupuncture and sham acupuncture on patients with arthritis of the knee while other patients were placed on a "waiting list" for acupuncture treatment as a control group. The investigators found that compared to the people on the waiting list, people who received both the real acupuncture and the fake acupuncture had significantly significant reductions in pain. Researchers say this new study is the latest to suggest that a powerful but poorly understood placebo effect may be at work in patients who report benefits from acupuncture treatment.  Read full story >
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