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To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (142392)	8/3/2004 12:07:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

I have a difficult time understanding why the "debunker" did not go to the trouble of obtaining the actual film and watching it, rather than depend on an article in Parade Magazine. It can't be that hard to find. It would have answered most of the objections.

To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (142392)	8/3/2004 1:14:03 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Just noodled around a bit in the National Institute for Health (NIH) database, more than nine thousand research articles on acupuncture. If it's bogus, I wonder why so many millions of research dollars are being advanced? The speculation is that the needles release neuropeptides, the best known of which is Substance P, which if you are interested in medicine, you've already heard about. Ordinarly I'd link the NIH database to you as a favor, but expect that you already have it bookmarked . . . .

To: Dennis O'Bell who wrote (142392)	8/3/2004 1:35:05 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Here are the conclusions of an NIH panel on the medical efficacy of acupuncture: Acupuncture National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference Statement ....Conclusions Acupuncture as a therapeutic intervention is widely practiced in the United States. There have been many studies of its potential usefulness. However, many of these studies provide equivocal results because of design, sample size, and other factors. The issue is further complicated by inherent difficulties in the use of appropriate controls, such as placebo and sham acupuncture groups. However, promising results have emerged, for example, efficacy of acupuncture in adult post-operative and chemotherapy nausea and vomiting and in postoperative dental pain. There are other situations such as addiction, stroke rehabilitation, headache, menstrual cramps, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, myofascial pain, osteoarthritis, low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and asthma for which acupuncture may be useful as an adjunct treatment or an acceptable alternative or be included in a comprehensive management program. Further research is likely to uncover additional areas where acupuncture interventions will be useful. Findings from basic research have begun to elucidate the mechanisms of action of acupuncture, including the release of opioids and other peptides in the central nervous system and the periphery and changes in neuroendocrine function. Although much needs to be accomplished, the emergence of plausible mechanisms for the therapeutic effects of acupuncture is encouraging. The introduction of acupuncture into the choice of treatment modalities readily available to the public is in its early stages. Issues of training, licensure, and reimbursement remain to be clarified. There is sufficient evidence, however, of its potential value to conventional medicine to encourage further studies. There is sufficient evidence of acupuncture's value to expand its use into conventional medicine and to encourage further studies of its physiology and clinical value. consensus.nih.gov