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Offline carassius

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Acupuncture and COPD
« on: May 15, 2012, 09:37:17 PM »
http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=1151703

I'm still digesting and re-reading this article but on the surface it seems legitimate.  From what I can tell the journal is reputable and, on initial reading, it seems procedurally rigorous.

Please tell me what I've missed...
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Re: Acupuncture and COPD
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2012, 09:40:41 PM »
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Re: Acupuncture and COPD
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2012, 10:03:40 PM »
My dad died of complications of COPD (which is newspeak for emphysema) last year. It's not really a "pain" type illness that you'd expect acupuncture to have any effect on. This is... interesting, although I agree that I'm MASSIVELY skeptical that acupuncture has any effect on anything objective.
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