Acupuncture Works for Back Pain

A recent study found that acupuncture is better than conventional methods for treating back pain. In fact, fake acupuncture ( a sham therapy) even did better than traditional medical treatment for back pain.

Note that the study was performed in Germany-and funded by German insurance companies. It shows the need for alternative medicine research here in the United States.

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Chinese Medicine Hold Little Benefit for Hepatitis C

A Chinese herbal treatment often used to treat hepatitis in Asia does not appear to reduce liver inflammation or improve quality of life in people with hepatitis C.

If you read the news story
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you will notice that the researchers said "may have been ineffective either because they simply do not work, or because he and his colleagues used an incorrect dose or combination of herbal agents."

Seems to me that if you are doing research into the efficacy of a treatment, you should know how to administer the treatment.

I wonder how much money they spent on that study...