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Does acupuncture relieve pain?
A systematic review carried out in Denmark and published in the BMJ has concluded that pain relief with acupuncture is minimal and mainly due to placebo effect. However, an accompanying editorial mitigates this seemingly negative result, explaining that interpreting the effects of sham acupuncture may be essential in understanding acupuncture's true analgesic effect. The systematic review assessed ...
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