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Prof Says Acupuncture Doesn't Work

Stanford scientists Wallace Sampson, clinical professor emeritus of medicine at Stanford University (frustratingly I can't find him on the Stanford site) and editor in chief of the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, says acupuncture doesn't work. From SFGate: The other mistake people make about acupuncture, Sampson says, is that it offers specific cures. "It is nonspecific," Sampson says. […]

Stanford scientists Wallace Sampson, clinical professor emeritus of medicine at Stanford University (frustratingly I can't find him on the Stanford site) and editor in chief of the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine, says acupuncture doesn't work. From SFGate:

The other mistake people make about acupuncture, Sampson says, is that it offers specific cures. "It is nonspecific," Sampson says. "If it has the effect of, say, releasing endorphins through the application of needles, well, many things release endorphins -- a walk in the woods, a 5-mile run, a pinch on the butt."