Comments on: ACUFLASH in a pan http://northerndoctor.com/2009/05/19/acuflash-in-a-pan/ "Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition" Adam Smith. A blog from a British doctor. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:24:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: northerndoctor http://northerndoctor.com/2009/05/19/acuflash-in-a-pan/#comment-786 northerndoctor Wed, 20 May 2009 21:13:13 +0000 http://northerndoctor.com/?p=1086#comment-786 Well, I do agree that my focus was on the intervention rather than the condition. I'm sorry you are disappointed but menopause symptoms won't be better managed or understood as a consequence of trials like these. I agree it's a small contribution to a vast area but one can but try. Please feel free to point any other readers in the direction of evidence-based resources. Well, I do agree that my focus was on the intervention rather than the condition. I’m sorry you are disappointed but menopause symptoms won’t be better managed or understood as a consequence of trials like these. I agree it’s a small contribution to a vast area but one can but try. Please feel free to point any other readers in the direction of evidence-based resources.

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]]> By: Charlotte http://northerndoctor.com/2009/05/19/acuflash-in-a-pan/#comment-776 Charlotte Wed, 20 May 2009 01:15:38 +0000 http://northerndoctor.com/?p=1086#comment-776 Having been for acupuncture myself, I suspect a lot of the effect comes not just from patient-practitioner interaction but also from getting stressed people to lie down and relax for an hour or so, without feeling guilty about all the other things you should be doing because it's 'part of the treatment'. Even if they couldn't bring themselves to have a sham acupuncture arm, why on earth didn't the control group get a session of moaning about how rubbish they feel to someone who nods sympathetically, followed by a nice lie down? It's not like it would have been expensive. I smell propaganda. Having been for acupuncture myself, I suspect a lot of the effect comes not just from patient-practitioner interaction but also from getting stressed people to lie down and relax for an hour or so, without feeling guilty about all the other things you should be doing because it’s ‘part of the treatment’. Even if they couldn’t bring themselves to have a sham acupuncture arm, why on earth didn’t the control group get a session of moaning about how rubbish they feel to someone who nods sympathetically, followed by a nice lie down? It’s not like it would have been expensive. I smell propaganda.

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