Study: Acupuncture Works

American Voices • Science & Technology • ISSUE 43•47 • Nov 23, 2007

A recent German study demonstrated that acupuncture, even fake acupuncture, worked better than conventional care to relieve chronic back pain. What do you think?

“Whenever I stick needles in myself, I feel better. Of course, they are full of drugs.”
Sasha Makepeace –
Systems Analyst
“Conventional care being the eight minutes of therapy after waiting four hours in a hard plastic chair? Yeah, how did that fail?”
Doug May –
Barber
“Isn't all acupuncture 'fake acupuncture?'”
Brad Cohn –
Guitar Maker

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