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Friday 5 August 2016

A new acupuncture review is a perfect example for the ‘rubbish in, rubbish out’ phenomenon | Edzard Ernst

The aim of a new meta-analysis was to estimate the clinical effectiveness and safety of acupuncture for amnestic mild cognitive impairment (AMCI), the transitional stage between the normal memory loss of aging and dementia. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture versus medical treatment for AMCI were identified using six electronic databases.

Five RCTs involving a total of 568 subjects were included. The methodological […]

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