On 2 Mar 2006 at 12:22, David Epstein wrote: > The study itself is still nowhere to be found at the _Lancet Neurology_ > website, to which my institution has full access. So all we've got are > secondhand summaries.
Not exactly. What we've got is the assertion of the chief investigator, reported as a direct quote, that "what we showed is that acupuncture is effective". Now I know that some reporters make stuff up, but I tend to believe them until someone issues a denial (then I sometimes still believe them, especially if it's a politician who says I never said it). BTW, it doesn't surprise me that the drugs don't do better than placebo either. It's possible that nothing, including placebo, worked at all. To evaluate placebo, we need a no-treatment control group for comparison, something that many placebo controlled studies don't have. Let us know when you get your hands on the study, David. Say, no thoughts from you on ecstasy treatment for Parkinson's? Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
