TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Acupuncture is all placebo and here is why
JO  - Headache
A1  - McGeeney, Brian E.
SP  - 465
EP  - 469
VL  - 55
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: Alternative and complementary medicines such as acupuncture remain popular with the general public and many clinicians. The term "integrative medicine" is often now used to describe this type of non-science-based medicine, which has become more of a faith-based method of practice, making it harder to challenge. Acupuncture is commonly used to treat headache along with just about any other symptom and condition known to man. <br><br>DISCUSSION: Physicians regularly fall into many misunderstandings when erroneously believing a real effect from acupuncture, when there is none. A perfunctory and poorly informed media contribute to the misinformation. Sixteen logical traps are identified which together explain most of the false reasoning behind the alleged effect of acupuncture. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Practitioners need to do a better job of discerning truth from information and data available on acupuncture.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0017-8748
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/head.12524
ID  - ref1
ER  -