Think Yourself Better; Alternative Medicine  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 399 no. 8734 (May 2011), page 79-80.
Topik: International; Alternative Medicine; College Professors; Research & development--R&D; Effectiveness

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On May 29th Edzard Ernst, the world's first professor of complementary medicine, will step down after 18 years in his post at the Peninsula Medical School, in south-west England. Despite his job title (and the initial hopes of some purveyors of non-mainstream treatments), Dr Ernst is no breathless promoter of snake oil. Instead, he and his research group have pioneered the rigorous study of everything from acupuncture and crystal healing to Reiki channelling and herbal remedies. Over the years Dr Ernst and his group have run clinical trials and published over 160 meta-analyses of other studies. His findings are stark. According to his Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine, around 95% of the treatments he and his colleagues examined--in fields as diverse as acupuncture, herbal medicine, homeopathy and reflexology--are statistically indistinguishable from placebo treatments.

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