Stabbed in the Back

The proclamation that acupuncture significantly outperforms conventional medication and physical therapy was published on multiple sites this morning. The only downside to the research is that they found sham acupuncture works almost as well, upping the potential for "quackery."Acupuncture better at treating low back pain than conventional therapyFrom our ANI CorrespondentWashington, Sept 25: A new study has revealed that six months of acupuncture is more effective than conventional therapy for treating chronic low back pain.The study conducted by researchers at the University of Regensburg found that both sham acupuncture and traditional Chinese verum acupuncture, seem effective in treating chronic pain."Low back pain is a common, impairing and disabling condition, often long-term, with an...

Funny Tidbit

Okay, this is not stricly acupuncture related, but it is amusing and possibly something to consider when treating patients with implants.Bee sting burst breast implantA Taiwanese woman's breast implant was reportedly burst by a bee sting.The 31-year-old woman, from Miaoli town, was wearing a low-cut dress while riding her motorcycle when her right breast was stung by a bee."My right breast disappeared in only two days," said the woman, who received the implant three years ago, according to Southern China City News.Surgeon Zeng Dingchang says the saline implant is supposed to resist pressure of up to 200 kg, and said it was "very strange" for one to deflate because of a bee sting."She is very skinny, and the implant made the skin of her breast even thinner, and therefore easy to penetrate,"...