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According to the evidence, of course doctors should recommend acupuncture for pain

According to the evidence, of course doctors should recommend acupuncture for pain

Last week, the BMJ published an invited head to head debate as to whether doctors should recommend acupuncture for the treatment of pain. Below is my rapid response: What’s most interesting about this discussion of whether or not doctors should recommend acupuncture for pain is a total lack of

What is the ‘Science-based’ treatment for the prevention of migraine?

What is the ‘Science-based’ treatment for the prevention of migraine?

Dear Science Based Medicine, Over the years, I’ve followed your work with great interest in an effort to better understand ‘real’ medicine and how it is that treatments can consistently do well in trials and yet, according to ‘Science,’ not really work at all. It’s been very informative

“Prevention of Migraine”: Acupuncture is Conspicuous by its Unexplained Absence

“Prevention of Migraine”: Acupuncture is Conspicuous by its Unexplained Absence

Last month, JAMA published a clinical summary of treatments for the prevention of migraine, a reprint from a publication called the Medical Letter. What’s amazing about this summary is that it manages to include a mind-bogglingly diverse collection of treatments – everything from drugs to supplements to experimental head gadgets,

Wikipedia, We have a problem

Wikipedia, We have a problem

In a nutshell: Acupuncture has been increasingly embraced by conventional care as an efficacious treatment for a variety of conditions. Evidence of this support comes from recommendations for acupuncture in numerous medical guidelines, Cochrane systematic reviews demonstrating clinical effectiveness, and an explosion of research interest into acupuncture’s effectiveness and

The UK’s Top Migraine Charity is about to reveal an effective, drug-free treatment for Migraine . . .

Did you know that there are 190,000 migraine attacks everyday in the UK? Or that an estimated 25 million days are lost from work or school every year because of migraine? 1 How about that preventative treatments for migraines include antidepressants, antihistamines, anticonvulsants and, for the 5% of migraineurs

Migraines, Acupuncture and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Migraines, Acupuncture and Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Glamorous History of Botox for Migraines Like many important discoveries, this one happened quite by accident . . . In the early 1990s, most people agreed that electively having a toxic nerve agent injected into your face was probably a pretty bad idea on the whole, even if it did smooth out

How to Win an Argument with an Acupuncture Hater

How to Win an Argument with an Acupuncture Hater

““How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.” ― Benjamin Disraeli Disclaimer: I am an acupuncturist and this article has a pro-acupuncture leaning. Phew, now that we got that out of the way . . . Over the last few decades, acupuncture has gone mainstream in the West. With a