Does Acupuncture Work?

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Should We Trust the #1 Ranked Medical School in This Country?

Bill Reddy

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According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Johns Hopkins University Medical School is the highest ranked in this country ( http://www.studentdoc.com/med-ranks.php?ranktype=NIH_rank ) 

Their comprehensive cancer center offers acupuncture to their cancer patients ( http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/cam/Clinical_Services/Acupuncture ) to treat a wide variety of symptoms associated with cancer and conventional care such as xerostomia (excessive dry mouth due to radiation), pain, nausea, vomiting, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue and depression to name a few.

Why would the top ranked research hospital offer "quackery"?  Why would I leave an Aerospace Engineering position making $85,000 per year to rip people off?

I am not a "Snake Oil Salesman" and neither are the acupuncturists at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Evidence

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The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

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"Yes" Bill Reddy

• The WHO Supports the Use of Acupuncture in Treating Many Conditions
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• Those Who Question Scientific Basis Have Not Done Their Homework
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• A Proven System That is Less Dangerous Than Western Medicine
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• What About Common Sense Reasoning?
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• There ARE Limitations to Acupuncture
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• Should We Trust the #1 Ranked Medical School in This Country?
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• Insurance Coverage for Acupuncture is on the Rise
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• MRI's Don't Lie
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• You WANT Meta-Analyses? I GIVE You Meta-Analyses
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• Why Would Your Colleagues Be Drawn to Practicing QUACKERY?
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"No" Steven Novella MD

• Acupuncture is a Pre-Scientific Superstition
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• Acupuncture Lacks a Plausible Mechanism
  1
• Claims for Efficacy are Often Based Upon a Bait-and-Switch Deception
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• Clinical Trials Show That Acupuncture Does Not Work
  2

"No" Edzard Ernst

• The Ancient Chinese Theories are Not Correct
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• The Best Clinical Trials Fail to Demonstrate Effectiveness
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• Patients Experience Benefit Because of Placebo Effects
  1

Most Objections

• The WHO Supports the Use of Acupuncture in Treating Many Conditions
  4
• Those Who Question Scientific Basis Have Not Done Their Homework
  1
• A Proven System That is Less Dangerous Than Western Medicine
  2
• What About Common Sense Reasoning?
  0
• Acupuncture Lacks a Plausible Mechanism
  1
• The Ancient Chinese Theories are Not Correct
  1
• Patients Experience Benefit Because of Placebo Effects
  1
• Acupuncture is a Pre-Scientific Superstition
  1
• Clinical Trials Show That Acupuncture Does Not Work
  2
• Should We Trust the #1 Ranked Medical School in This Country?
  0
• Insurance Coverage for Acupuncture is on the Rise
  0
• MRI's Don't Lie
  0
• You WANT Meta-Analyses? I GIVE You Meta-Analyses
  1
• Why Would Your Colleagues Be Drawn to Practicing QUACKERY?
  0

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