Is Acupuncture Really Very Helpful for Painful Joints?
We don’t know why, but poor health information surrounds us everywhere. Downright lies, some of it! And the general public has no way of knowing if what they hear, read or see is authentic or merely bogus. Is it the media sensationalizing information for a “compelling story.” Is it government agencies in cahoots with some industry looking to squash the competition? What if it’s the companies themselves misrepresenting their goods? Then again, it could be simple ignorance. I’d like to share an item with you here that recently came to my attention. A patient of mine told me about a recent article on acupuncture she had read in a major newspaper. She said that the article was positive toward acupuncture and mentioned that it is very effective for certain diseases. It also noted that acupuncture was being taken seriously by physicians of Western medicine—and many were now studying it. So far, so good! But the article went on to say that given the trials conducted by these MDs, the only thing important to acupuncture was the insertion of the needles. Anywhere on the body! So according to their reports, patients