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matwood on July 5, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The $100B per year back pain industry is mostly a ...

> And here's a large, we'll run, study showing acupuncture is more effective than sham accupuncture

And still not clinically significant.

DanBC on July 5, 2017 [–]

No, that's wrong.

Read the linked page, acupuncture shows a statistically significant difference to sham acupuncture or to nothing.

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