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Thursday 28 January 2016

Acupuncture for menopausal hot flushes? No, it’s just a ‘theatrical placebo’! | Edzard Ernst

In 2009, we published a systematic review of studies testing acupuncture as a treatment of menopausal hot flushes. We searched the literature using 17 databases from inception to October 10, 2008, without language restrictions. We only included randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of acupuncture versus sham acupuncture. Their methodological quality was assessed using the modified Jadad […]

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