URGENT POLLS IN PROGRESS - PLEASE VOTE!

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Hi all,

 

Below are a number of new polls that I have created with the help of

Phil and others. These polls are very important, so please take the

time to cast your vote as it really will make a difference.

 

Please visit the polling area by clicking on this link:

http://health.Chinese Medicine/pol

ls tiny url is: http://tinyurl.com/4wnx3

 

 

Poll 1:

 

INITIAL STATEMENT (Please complete this poll ONCE only)

 

For this poll, hypertension is defined as a resting blood pressure

(BP, in mm Hg, systolic and diastolic) >140 (SBP) and >90 (DBP),

respectively, confirmed at least twice before acupuncture treatment

was given.

 

From your PERSONAL experience as a practitioner who uses

acupuncture routinely, please answer the following questions as

accurately as possible.

 

Q. It is your professional experience that, in the absence of

western drug- or herbal- antihypertensive medication, acupuncture

+ lifestyle changes alone can normalise BP successfully in >80%

of hypertensive patients?

 

A.

Yes

No

 

 

Poll 2.

 

INITIAL STATEMENT (Please complete this poll ONCE only)

 

For this poll, hypertension is defined as a resting blood pressure

(BP, in mm Hg, systolic and diastolic) >140 (SBP) and >90 (DBP),

respectively, confirmed at least twice before acupuncture treatment

was given.

 

From your PERSONAL experience as a practitioner who uses

acupuncture routinely, please answer the following questions as

accurately as possible.

 

Q. In the PAST YEAR, in how many hypertensive patients have

you used acupuncture as the only, or main, treatment to normalise

their blood pressure?

 

A.

0-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

21-25

26-30

31-35

36-40

41-45

6-50

more than 50

 

 

Poll 3.

 

INITIAL STATEMENT (Please complete this poll ONCE only)

 

For this poll, hypertension is defined as a resting blood pressure

(BP, in mm Hg, systolic and diastolic) >140 (SBP) and >90 (DBP),

respectively, confirmed at least twice before acupuncture treatment

was given.

 

From your PERSONAL experience as a practitioner who uses

acupuncture routinely, please answer the following questions as

accurately as possible.

 

Q. In what percentage of hypertensive patients treated in the PAST

YEAR did acupuncture succeed in normalising blood pressure, i.e.,

reduce it to SBP <136 and DBP <91 mm Hg, respectively?

 

A.

0-5%

6-10%

11-15%

16-20%

21-25%

26-30%

31-35%

36-40%

41-45%

46-50%

51-55%

56-60%

61-65%

66-70%

71-75%

76-80%

81-85%

86-90%

More than 90%

 

 

Poll 4.

 

INITIAL STATEMENT (Please complete this poll ONCE only)

 

For this poll, hypertension is defined as a resting blood pressure

(BP, in mm Hg, systolic and diastolic) >140 (SBP) and >90 (DBP),

respectively, confirmed at least twice before acupuncture treatment

was given.

 

From your PERSONAL experience as a practitioner who uses

acupuncture routinely, please answer the following questions as

accurately as possible.

 

Q. Approximately how many sessions of acupuncture were needed

to normalise BP?

 

A.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

More than 20.

 

 

Poll 5.

 

INITIAL STATEMENT (Please complete this poll ONCE only)

 

For this poll, hypertension is defined as a resting blood pressure

(BP, in mm Hg, systolic and diastolic) >140 (SBP) and >90 (DBP),

respectively, confirmed at least twice before acupuncture treatment

was given.

 

From your PERSONAL experience as a practitioner who uses

acupuncture routinely, please answer the following questions as

accurately as possible.

 

Q. What was the average interval (in weeks) from the start of

acupuncture until BP normalised?

 

A.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

More than 20.

 

Kind regards

 

Attilio

www.attiliodalberto.com