I don't think they know why it worked, but I'd call 65% significant. I mean, imagine yourself at a hospital, and you are told that guided imagery may possibly improve your odds by 65%? I'd sign up...
I do note though that the stuff that worked required that patients know about it. So yeah, it may well be one big placebo effect. But for a 65% improvement in my odds I'd take a placebo, whether I understand how it works or not. Matter of fact, I have made something of a hobby of reading the patient information packet and you know what, 100% of the ones I was taking last year said that themethod of action was not understood. Dana On 7/16/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 12:29 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Prayers do not influence recovery from heart > > cathereterization > > > > what's clinically significant to you? Personally, 65% more likely to > > be alive would look pretty good to me ... > > > > http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=healthNews&storyID=2 > > 005-07-15T172140Z_01_B232717_RTRIDST_0_HEALTH-HEALING-TOUCH-DC.XML > > I think in this case the meaning is that the effects are probably from side > effects of the therapy (placebo effect, relaxation, etc) and not specific to > the therapy itself. > > Many "therapies" (therapeutic touch, hypnotism, massage, acupuncture, > reflexology and many others) have similar effects when tested. Do all of > these (each with a completely different practitioner explanation of their > effectiveness) do the same things in completely ways? Or do each tap into > some common source of benefit (such as the placebo effect)? > > In any case I think that's what's meant by "statistically significant but > not clinically significant". > > Jim Davis > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Save $10 Download ZoneAlarm Security Suite http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=66 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:165003 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
