italian study?

June 7, 2005

I hadn't heard this. found in pop newsletter. no citation.

" In one of the largest studies of its kind to date, a team of

investigators in Italy examined the effectiveness of acupuncture

versus a variety of pharmacological therapies in treating migraines.

Their results, published in a 2001 issue of the Journal of

Traditional , revealed that patients given

acupuncture experienced fewer migraine episodes, missed fewer days

from work, and suffered no side effects compared to patients on

conventional drug therapy. They also found acupuncture to be more

cost-efficient, estimating a savings of hundreds of millions of

dollars in private and social health expenditures if it were used to

treat headaches alone instead of Western drugs. "

But it concerns me that a paragraph later, they quote the same tired

old bogus WHO propaganda below. misleading information hurts us in

the long run. NIH found that about 2-3 conditions on this list had

actually been proven. We need to focus on what we actually do best,

improving quality of life, reducing suffering noniatrogenically, and

stop making claims in print that have long since been dismissed by

all independent observers. Hopefully the above claim is actually

correct, unlike the one below. My experiences with migraineshave

been good.

" Acupuncture has been cited by the World Health Organization to treat

over 43 conditions, including headaches and migraines, without the

side effects typically associated with Western drugs. According to

the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental

Medicine, nearly one out of every 10 adults in the United States has

tried acupuncture. "

Chinese Herbs

June 7, 2005

Not sure I follow about what the problem is w/ the WHO statement.

Warren Cargal