Highlights•Compared to previous years, the amount and quality of acupuncture evidence has severely increased in the years 2017–2022.•Acupuncture showed evidence of positive effect for ten medical conditions and thus should be applied in clinical settings.•In most of the remaining 174 medical indications acupuncture showed some beneficial effects, no effect in six of them.•Overall, acupuncture is… Continue reading The state of #evidence in acupuncture: A #review of #metaanalyses and systematic reviews of acupuncture evidence (update 2017–2022)
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The illusion of evidence based medicine
Evidence based medicine has been corrupted by corporate interests, failed regulation, and commercialisation of academia, argue these authors The advent of evidence based medicine was a paradigm shift intended to provide a solid scientific foundation for medicine. The validity of this new paradigm, however, depends on reliable data from clinical trials, most of which are… Continue reading The illusion of evidence based medicine
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