This blog was first published on 13th October 2016 on BMJ Blogs, but it was taken down subsequently and reposted here. Comments stimulated by: Saramago et al. BMC Med Res Methodol 2016 This week a new finding in the acupuncture field was published in a rather unlikely journal. BMC Medical Research Methodology is one of the Biomed … Continue reading Quality sham
This blog was first published on 4th September 2016 on https://blogs.bmj.com/aim/ On Thursday 1st September the first episode of series five of Trust Me I’m A Doctor aired on BBC2. I was keen to see how acupuncture was treated after spending a day engaged in trying to demonstrate a change in pressure pain threshold in the … Continue reading Trust Me, I’m an acupuncture expert – but I have never actually had it or used it…
…a career-defining symptom? This blog was first published on 18th May 2016 on BMJ Blogs. The Filshie files - breathlessness Dr Jacqueline Filshie Jacky Filshie (JF) has devoted a medical career to symptom management in the cancer suffering population. Her early personal experience of acupuncture needling had a significant impression on her, probably because she … Continue reading Breathless…
This blog was first published on 4th April 2016 on https://blogs.bmj.com/aim/ Further commentary: Low back pain and sciatica: management of non-specific low back pain and sciatica Draft clinical guideline February 2016 This commentary follows a previous blog post. Late last Friday night I got around to dropping the pain VAS outcome figures from the trials of acupuncture … Continue reading Musings on heterogeneity in quantitative outcomes of acupuncture trials in LBP
This blog was first published on 31st March 2016 on BMJ Blogs (link no longer available). Commentary: Low back pain and sciatica: management of non-specific low back pain and sciatica – draft clinical guideline February 2016 (link no longer available). NICE clinical guidelines are very large pieces of work. This draft runs to over 1000 pages with … Continue reading Exercise not acupuncture recommended by NICE for low back pain
This blog was first published on 15th March 2016 on BMJ Blogs (link no longer available). Comments on: Ee et al Ann Int Med 2016 A large rigorous trial published in a prestigious general medical journal, and the usual mantra rings out – acupuncture is no better than sham. In this case there was not a … Continue reading Acupuncture for menopausal hot flushes
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