Re: Acupuncture at UCLA

In article <1185831885.511915.181550@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, The One True Zhen Jue <Andrew_Kingoff@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: Please, Please, Please do NOT interpret this to mean that UCLA accepts
: acupuncture! The idea that UCLA has offered TCM Acupuncture since
: 1993 can in no way imply that it is an acceptible practice!

: These forms
: of Traditional Chinese Medicine practice are then combined with more
: conventional medical care in order to best serve the patient's needs.

In other words, conventional medicine + placebo = conventional medicine.
Or, to put it more optimistically, modern mechanized medicine + personal
attention to the patient yields better results than modern mechanized
medicine alone.

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Richard Schultz schultr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Department of Chemistry, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Opinions expressed are mine alone, and not those of Bar-Ilan University
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"Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell bad."
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