Comments on: Accupuncture for knee pain (and two other articles) http://www.journalclub.org/2004/12/19/n39 Comments on the medical literature Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:30:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Badaunt http://www.journalclub.org/2004/12/19/n39/comment-page-1#comment-372 Badaunt Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:06:51 +0000 http://www.journalclub.org/2004/12/19/n39#comment-372 For what it's worth, the acupuncturist I go to (in Japan) for back problems (associated with an accident years ago) says that he's never found a good way to treat arthritis and rheumatism. He usually gives patients sensible advice about diet and lifestyle and strongly advises them to see a doctor for pain medication and anything else that might help. For what it’s worth, the acupuncturist I go to (in Japan) for back problems (associated with an accident years ago) says that he’s never found a good way to treat arthritis and rheumatism. He usually gives patients sensible advice about diet and lifestyle and strongly advises them to see a doctor for pain medication and anything else that might help.

]]> By: CodeBlueBlog http://www.journalclub.org/2004/12/19/n39/comment-page-1#comment-356 CodeBlueBlog Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:47:33 +0000 http://www.journalclub.org/2004/12/19/n39#comment-356 <strong>GRAND ROUNDS #13: THE SEX OF MEDICAL BLOGS</strong> Welcome to Grand Rounds #13. In the beginning I believed that the geometric proliferation of medical blogs indicated strict reproduction by cellular division. It looked like the simple production of two progeny produced by one parental act of division. I GRAND ROUNDS #13: THE SEX OF MEDICAL BLOGS

Welcome to Grand Rounds #13. In the beginning I believed that the geometric proliferation of medical blogs indicated strict reproduction by cellular division. It looked like the simple production of two progeny produced by one parental act of division. I

]]> By: CardioNP http://www.journalclub.org/2004/12/19/n39/comment-page-1#comment-351 CardioNP Tue, 21 Dec 2004 03:00:24 +0000 http://www.journalclub.org/2004/12/19/n39#comment-351 In the knee acupuncture study there was a VERY large drop out rate by the end of the study - 43% in the education group and 25% each in the actual tx and sham groups. The study was very short - only 26 weeks, yet they lost > 25% of their participants to follow up. Makes me think that none of the interventions were very effective at pain relief. (I only read the abstract, don't have full access to the article, so am not aware if the authors describe the reason for the poor follow-up.) In the knee acupuncture study there was a VERY large drop out rate by the end of the study – 43% in the education group and 25% each in the actual tx and sham groups. The study was very short – only 26 weeks, yet they lost > 25% of their participants to follow up. Makes me think that none of the interventions were very effective at pain relief. (I only read the abstract, don’t have full access to the article, so am not aware if the authors describe the reason for the poor follow-up.)

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