Day: October 23, 2012

  Their take on “How It Works.” 1) FMRI studies show that when subjects receive electroacupuncture, there is much less activity in four different pain-processing regions of the brain.  The brain “notices” the pain less.  A fifth region-the anterior insula,

  The Time Magazine Alternative Medicine article discussed sham versus “verum” or real acupuncture in fair depth.  This has been a difficult issue in acupuncture research since nonspecific needling can have enough effect that statistically it is no different than