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**TornadoPD** · 10-01-2010, 02:05 AM

I've read that there is the DoD's first (only?) acupuncture clinic at Andrews, where they train doctor-type people in "Battlefield Acupuncture". I side with the overwhelming majority of relevant scientific and medical data that acupuncture is nothing more than pseudoscientific placebo-driven mumbo jumbo, given the success of everything from sham acupuncture (twirling toothpicks on the skin as a control) to random placement of the needles (it doesn't matter where the needles go as long as the acupuncturist sticks needles in them), etc.

So, does anyone here know if they are still running the clinic?

10-01-2010, 02:05 AM	#1
TornadoPD Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 414 Senior Member	Accupuncture Clinic at Andrews AFB I've read that there is the DoD's first (only?) acupuncture clinic at Andrews, where they train doctor-type people in "Battlefield Acupuncture". I side with the overwhelming majority of relevant scientific and medical data that acupuncture is nothing more than pseudoscientific placebo-driven mumbo jumbo, given the success of everything from sham acupuncture (twirling toothpicks on the skin as a control) to random placement of the needles (it doesn't matter where the needles go as long as the acupuncturist sticks needles in them), etc. So, does anyone here know if they are still running the clinic?
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