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et tu…? Acupuncture and pain in Nature, part deux

Posted 25 December 2011 by Kausik Datta

Continued from Part 1… As I was saying, a study by Goldman et al. in the July 2010 issue of Nature Neuroscience, postulates that “Adenosine A1 receptors mediate local anti-nociceptive (i.e. pain reducing) effects of acupuncture.” I stumbled a little right at the title. Anti-nociceptive effects of acupuncture? Where is the evidence that such an effect exists? Evidence schmevidence. I needn’t have worried, for the introductory paragraph reassured me of the benefits of acupuncture in pain management, by indicating –... Read more

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et tu…? Acupuncture and pain in Nature, part one

Posted 24 December 2011 by Kausik Datta

Physician and blogger Harriet Hall, MD, once coined an exceptionally apt phrase to describe research in many alternative medicine modalities – “Tooth Fairy Science”; it refers to research undertakings into a phenomenon whose existence is yet to be established. In a post in her blog Science-based Medicine, she explained: You could measure how much money the Tooth Fairy leaves under the pillow, whether she leaves more cash for the first or last tooth, whether the payoff is greater if you... Read more

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