Category Archives: Acupuncture

Acupuncture: Here, Take a Facepalm

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Ryan | Permalink 0

This is a really good comic about the scientific validity of acupuncture. Click on the image to read the whole thing: The study of acupuncture efficacy is a [..]

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Yet Another Acupuncture Experiment Overblown

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 4

A presentation is being given today at the 96th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. A couple of media outlets have jumped on [..]

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Acupuncture: Not As Harmless As You Thought

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 1

A recent review article published in the The International Journal of Risk and Safety in Medicine has found reports of 86 deaths in the last 45 years relating [..]

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Acupuncture and Stroke: The Globe and Mail's Epic…Win???

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 1

 I guess you could call this post “Part 2″ in my examination of science reporting in Canada’s national newspaper The Globe and Mail. My previous post dealt with [..]

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The Myth of Acupuncture

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Ryan | Permalink 0

Acupuncture has been around for a long time, most say around 4000 years. It evolved in China and has since become quite prolific in Eastern and Western culture. [..]

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