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Reply #4: Many skeptics don't deny that acupuncture can be beneficial, we just don't think it's magic. [View All]

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4. Many skeptics don't deny that acupuncture can be beneficial, we just don't think it's magic.
Most of us agree that more research needs to be done.
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  I'm a new poster in this forum. Any opinions about Acupuncture HERVEPA  Mar-30-09 12:43 PM   #0 
   IMO...  TZ   Mar-30-09 01:16 PM   #1 
   The quackery part comes in the proposed mechanism.  trotsky   Mar-30-09 01:20 PM   #2 
   Exactly, the same benefits  Warpy   Mar-30-09 06:37 PM   #5 
   Sticking pins in yourself releases endorphins. Endorphins fight pain.  Ian David   Mar-30-09 06:13 PM   #3 
   Many skeptics don't deny that acupuncture can be beneficial, we just don't think it's magic.  beam me up scottie   Mar-30-09 06:14 PM   #4 
   Actually, BMUS, *I* think it's magic.  varkam   Mar-30-09 11:54 PM   #7 
      They've done that trick exactly the same way for 2000 years, you know  Orrex   Mar-31-09 08:33 AM   #8 
   I think it has some limited applications for mild pain relief  bluedawg12   Mar-30-09 09:54 PM   #6 
   My F-I-L was an anesthesiologist.  progressoid   Mar-31-09 12:57 PM   #9 
 

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