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As for salaries, we havent been informed what they are in relation to these titles. We have been told by our line manager that they havent released the salary scales yet ?

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Here I am not writing about herbal medicine in general – parts of which are supported by some encouraging evidence (I will therefore post more than one 'seven things to remember…' article on this subject) – here I am writing about the risks and benefits of consulting a traditional herbal practitioner. Herbalists come in numerous guises depending what tradition they belong to: Chinese herbalist, traditional European herbalist, Ayurvedic practitioner, Kampo practitioner etc. If you consult such a therapist, you should be aware of the following issues.
- Worldwide, the treatment by traditional herbal practitioners is by far the most common form of herbal medicine; it is more common than to use specific, well-tested herbs to treat specific conventionally diagnosed conditions (an approach that might best be called 'rational phytotherapy').
- Herbalists often use their very own diagnostic methods (think, for instance, of 'tongue and pulse diagnoses' used by Chinese herbalists) and reject (or are untrained to use) conventional diagnostic methods. The traditional diagnostic techniques of herbalists have either not been validated at all or they have been tested and found to be not valid.
- Herbalists usually do not recognise conventional disease categories. Instead they arrive at a diagnosis according to their specific philosophy which has no grounding in reality (for instance, energy imbalance in traditional Chinese herbalism).
- Herbalists individualise their treatments, meaning that 10 patients suffering from depression, for instance, might receive 10 different, tailor-made prescriptions according to their individual characteristics (and none of the 10 patients might receive St John's Wort, the only herbal remedy that actually is proven to work for depression).
- Typically, such prescriptions contain not one herbal ingredient, but are mixtures of many – up to 10 or 20 – herbs or herbal extracts.
- Even though the efficacy of the individualised herbal approach can, of course, be tested in rigorous trials, and even though about a dozen such studies are available today, there is currently no good evidence to show that it is effective.
- The risk of harm through these individualised herbal mixtures can be considerable: the more ingredients, the higher the likelihood that one of them has toxic effects or that one interacts with a prescription medicine. Essentially, this means that there is no good evidence that individualised herbal treatments as used by so many herbal practitioners across the globe generates more good than harm.
Reiki is a form of energy healing that evidently has been getting so popular that, according to the 'Shropshire Star', even stressed hedgehogs are now being treated with this therapy. In case you argue that this publication is not cutting edge when it comes to reporting of scientific advances, you may have a point. So, let us see what evidence we find on this amazing intervention.
A recent systematic review of the therapeutic effects of Reiki concludes that the serious methodological and reporting limitations of limited existing Reiki studies preclude a definitive conclusion on its effectiveness. High-quality randomized controlled trials are needed to address the effectiveness of Reiki over placebo. Considering that this article was published in the JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE, this is a fairly damming verdict. The notion that Reiki is but a theatrical placebo recently received more support from a new clinical trial.
This pilot study examined the effects of Reiki therapy and companionship on improvements in quality of life, mood, and symptom distress during chemotherapy. Thirty-six breast cancer patients received usual care, Reiki, or a companion during chemotherapy. Data were collected from patients while they were receiving usual care. Subsequently, patients were randomized to either receive Reiki or a companion during chemotherapy. Questionnaires assessing quality of life, mood, symptom distress, and Reiki acceptability were completed at baseline and chemotherapy sessions 1, 2, and 4. Reiki was rated relaxing and caused no side effects. Both Reiki and companion groups reported improvements in quality of life and mood that were greater than those seen in the usual care group.
The authors of this study conclude that interventions during chemotherapy, such as Reiki or companionship, are feasible, acceptable, and may reduce side effects.
This is an odd conclusion, if there ever was one. Clearly the 'companionship' group was included to see whether Reiki has effects beyond simply providing sympathetic attention. The results show that this is not the case. It follows, I think, that Reiki is a placebo; its perceived relaxing effects are the result of non-specific phenomena which have nothing to do with Reiki per se. The fact that the authors fail to spell this out more clearly makes me wonder whether they are researchers or promoters of Reiki.
Some people will feel that it does not matter how Reiki works, the main thing is that it does work. I beg to differ!
If its effects are due to nothing else than attention and companionship, we do not need 'trained' Reiki masters to do the treatment; anyone who has time, compassion and sympathy can do it. More importantly, if Reiki is a placebo, we should not mislead people that some super-natural energy is at work. This only promotes irrationality – and, as Voltaire once said: those who make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
A special issue of Medical Care has just been published; it was sponsored by the Veterans Health Administration's Office of Patient Centered Care and Cultural Transformation. A press release made the following statement about it:
Complementary and alternative medicine therapies are increasingly available, used, and appreciated by military patients, according to Drs Taylor and Elwy. They cite statistics showing that CAM programs are now offered at nearly 90 percent of VA medical facilities. Use CAM modalities by veterans and active military personnel is as at least as high as in the general population.
If you smell a bit of the old ad populum fallacy here, you may be right. But let's look at the actual contents of the special issue. The most interesting article is about a study testing acupuncture for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Fifty-five service members meeting research diagnostic criteria for PTSD were randomized to usual PTSD care (UPC) plus eight 60-minute sessions of acupuncture conducted twice weekly or to UPC alone. Outcomes were assessed at baseline and 4, 8, and 12 weeks postrandomization. The primary study outcomes were difference in PTSD symptom improvement on the PTSD Checklist (PCL) and the Clinician-administered PTSD Scale (CAPS) from baseline to 12-week follow-up between the two treatment groups. Secondary outcomes were depression, pain severity, and mental and physical health functioning. Mixed model regression and t test analyses were applied to the data.
The results show that the mean improvement in PTSD severity was significantly greater among those receiving acupuncture than in those receiving UPC. Acupuncture was also associated with significantly greater improvements in depression, pain, and physical and mental health functioning. Pre-post effect-sizes for these outcomes were large and robust.
The authors conclude from these data that acupuncture was effective for reducing PTSD symptoms. Limitations included small sample size and inability to parse specific treatment mechanisms. Larger multisite trials with longer follow-up, comparisons to standard PTSD treatments, and assessments of treatment acceptability are needed. Acupuncture is a novel therapeutic option that may help to improve population reach of PTSD treatment.
What shall we make of this?
I know I must sound like a broken record to some, but I have strong reservations that the interpretation provided here is correct. One does not even need to be a 'devil's advocate' to point out that the observed outcomes may have nothing at all to do with acupuncture per se. A much more rational interpretation of the findings would be that the 8 times 60 minutes of TLC and attention have positive effects on the subjective symptoms of soldiers suffering from PTSD. No needles required for this to happen; and no mystical chi, meridians, life forces etc.
It would, of course, have been quite easy to design the study such that the extra attention is controlled for. But the investigators evidently did not want to do that. They seemed to have the desire to conduct a study where the outcome was clear even before the first patient had been recruited. That some if not most experts would call this poor science or even unethical may not have been their primary concern.
The question I ask myself is, why did the authors of this study fail to express the painfully obvious fact that the results are most likely unrelated to acupuncture? Is it because, in military circles, Occam's razor is not on the curriculum? Is it because critical thinking has gone out of fashion ( – no, it is not even critical thinking to point out something that is more than obvious)? Is it then because, in the present climate, it is 'politically' correct to introduce a bit of 'holistic touchy feely' stuff into military medicine?
I would love to hear what my readers think.
Some of the recent comments on this blog have been rather emotional, a few even irrational, and several were, I am afraid, outright insulting (I usually omit to post the worst excesses). Moreover, I could not avoid the impression that some commentators have little understanding of what the aim of this blog really is. I tried to point this out in the very first paragraph of my very first post:
Why another blog offering critical analyses of the weird and wonderful stuff that is going on in the world of alternative medicine? The answer is simple: compared to the plethora of uncritical misinformation on this topic, the few blogs that do try to convey more reflected, sceptical views are much needed; and the more we have of them, the better.
My foremost aim with his blog is to inform consumers through critical analysis and, in this way, I hope to prevent harm from patients in the realm of alternative medicine. What follows, are a few simple yet important points about this blog which I try to spell out here as clearly as I can:
- I am not normally commenting on issues related to conventional medicine – not because I feel there is nothing to criticise in mainstream medicine, but because my expertise has long been in alternative medicine. So commentators might as well forget about arguments like "more people die because of drugs than alternative treatments"; they are firstly fallacious and secondly not relevant to this blog.
- I have researched alternative medicine for many years (~ 40 clinical studies, > 300 systematic reviews etc.) and my readers can be confident that I know what I am talking about. Thus comments like 'he does not know anything about the subject' are usually not well placed and just show the ignorance of those who post them.
- I am not in the pocket of anyone. I do not receive payments for doing this blog, nor did I, as an academic, receive any financial or other inducements for researching alternative medicine (on the contrary, I have often been given to understand that my life could be made much easier, if I adopted a more promotional stance towards my alternative medicine). I also do not belong to any organisation that is financed by BIG PHARMA or similar power houses. So my critics might as well abandon their conspiracy theories and focus on a more promising avenue of criticism.
- My allegiance is not with any interest group in (or outside) the field of alternative medicine. For instance, I do not see it as my job to help chiropractors, homeopaths etc. getting their act together. My task here is to point out the deficits in chiropractic (or any other area of alternative medicine) so that consumers are better protected. (I should think, however, that this also creates pressure on professions to become more evidence-based – but I see this as a mere welcome side-effect.)
- If some commentators seem to find my arguments alarmist or see it as venomous scare-mongering, I suggest they re-examine their own position and learn to think a little more (self-) critically. I furthermore suggest that, instead of claiming such nonsense, they point out where they think I have gone wrong and provide evidence for their views.
- Some people seem convinced that I have an axe to grind, that I have been personally injured by some alternative practitioner, or had some other unpleasant or traumatic experience. To those who think so, I have to say very clearly that none of this has ever happened. I recommend they inform themselves of the nature of critical analysis and its benefits.
- This is a blog, not a scientific journal. I try to reach as many lay people as I can and therefore I tend to use simple language and sometimes aim to be entertaining. Those who feel that this renders my blog more journalistic than scientific are probably correct. If they want science, I recommend they look for my scientific articles in the medical literature; I can assure them that they will find plenty.
- I very much invite an open and out-spoken debate. But ad hominem attacks are usually highly counterproductive – they only demonstrate that the author has no rational arguments left, or had none in the first place. Authors of insults also risks being banned from this blog.
- Finally, I fear that some readers of my blog might sometimes get confused in the arguments and counter-arguments, and end up uncertain which side is right and which is wrong. To those who have this problem, I recommend a simple method for deciding where the truth is usually more likely to be found: ask yourself who might be merely defending his/her self-interest and who might be free of such conflicts of interest and thus more objective. For example, in my endless disputes with chiropractors, one could well ask: do the chiropractors have an interest in defending their livelihood, and what interest do I have in questioning whether chiropractors do generate more good than harm?
I recently tweeted the following short text: "THIS IS HOW HOMEOPATHY CAN KILL MILLIONS" and provided a link to a website where a homeopaths advocated using homeopathy to control blood sugar levels in diabetic patients. The exact text I objected to is reproduced below:
"Management of Blood sugar
The commonly used remedies are Uranium Nitricum, Phosphoric Acid, Syzygium Jambolanum, Cephalandra Indica etc. These are classical Homeopathic remedies. These are used in physiologically active doses such as Mother tincture, 3x etc. depending up on the level of the blood sugar and the requirement of the patient. Several pharmaceutical companies have also brought in propriety medicines with a combination of the few Homeopathic medicines. Biochemic remedies which is a part of Homeopathy advocates Biocombination No 7 as a specific for Diabetes. Another Biochemic medicine Natrum Phos 3x is widely used with a reasonable success in controlling the blood sugar. Scientific studies on the impact of homeopathic medicines in bringing down blood sugar are limited, but many of the above remedies have some positive effects either as a stand-alone remedy or as an adjunct along with other medications."
A clearly annoyed homeopath responded by tweeting: "homeopathy has been a favorite complement to diabetes treatment for over 200 yrs. Your evidence of the contrary is?"
So I better explain to her what I mean, and as this cannot be done in 140 characters, I do it with this post instead.
The claim expressed on the website is not that homeopathy can complement diabetes treatment; the claim is clearly that it can be a sole treatment and a replacement of conventional anti-diabetic treatment. There is, of course, no evidence at all for that. If patients put this claim to the test, many will die. Because there are many millions of diabetics worldwide, this claim has the potential to kill millions. In other words, my initial tweet was perhaps blunt but certainly correct.
Now to the notion of homeopathy as a 'complement to diabetes treatment': do I have evidence to the contrary? I think that is entirely the wrong question. The true question here is whether homeopaths who claim that homeopathic remedies can be an effective adjunct to conventional anti-diabetic treatments have any evidence for their claim (after all, in health care, as in most other walks of life, it is the one who makes a claim who has to prove it, not the one who doubts it!). So, is there good evidence?
To the best of my knowledge, the answer is NO!
If you disagree, please show me the evidence.
Like Charles, many people are fond of homeopathy; it is particularly popular in India, Germany, France and parts of South America. With all types of health care, it is important to make therapeutic decisions in the knowledge of the crucial facts. In order to aid evidence-based decision-making, I will summarise a few things you might want to consider before you try homeopathy – either by buying homeopathic remedies over the counter, or by consulting a homeopath.
- Homeopathy was invented by Samuel Hahnemann, a charismatic German doctor, about 200 years ago. At the time, our understanding of the laws of nature was woefully incomplete, and therefore Hahnemann's ideas seemed far less implausible than they actually are. Moreover, the conventional treatments of this period were often more dangerous than the disease they were supposed to cure; consequently homeopathy was repeatedly shown to be better than 'allopathy' (a term coined by Hahnemann to insult conventional medicine). Thus Hahnemann's treatments were an almost instant worldwide success. When, about 100 years later, more and more effective conventional therapies were discovered, homeopathy all but disappeared, only to be re-discovered in developed countries as the baby-boomers started their recent love-affair with alternative medicine.
- Many consumers confuse homeopathy with herbal medicine; yet the two are fundamentally different. Herbal medicines are plant extracts with potentially active ingredients. Homeopathic remedies may be based on plants (or any other material as well) but are typically so dilute that they contain absolutely nothing. The most frequently used dilution (homeopaths call them 'potencies') is a 'C30′; a C30-potency has been diluted 30 times at a ratio of 1:100. This means that one drop of the staring material is dissolved in 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 drops of diluent – and that equates to one molecule of the original substance per all the molecules of many thousand universes.
- Homeopaths know all of this, of course, and they thus claim that their remedies do not work via pharmacological effects but via some 'energy' or 'vital force'. They are convinced that the process of preparing the homeopathic dilutions (they shake the mixtures at each dilution step) transfers some 'vital energy' from one to the next dilution. They cite all sorts of fancy theories to explain how this 'energy transfer' might come about, however, none of them has ever been accepted by mainstream scientists.
- Homeopathic remedies are usually prescribed according to the 'like cures like' principle. For instance, if you suffer from runny eyes, a homeopath might prescribe a remedy made of onion, because onion make our eyes water. This and all other basic assumptions of homeopathy contradict the known laws of nature. In other words, we do not just fail to understand how homeopathy works, but we understand that it cannot work unless the known laws of nature are wrong.
- The clinical trials of homeopathy are broadly in agreement with these insights from basic science. Today, more than 200 such studies have been published; if we look at the totality of this evidence, we have to conclude that it fails to show that homeopathic remedies are anything other than placebos.
- This is, of course, in stark contrast to what many enthusiasts of homeopathy insist upon; they swear by homeopathy and claim that it has helped them (or their pet, aunt, child etc.) repeatedly. Nobody doubts their accounts; in fact, it is indisputable that many patients do get better after taking homeopathic remedies. The best evidence available today clearly shows, however, that this improvement is unrelated to the homeopathic remedy per se. It is the result of an empathetic, compassionate encounter with a homeopath, a placebo-response or other factors which experts often call 'context effects'.
- The wide-spread notion that homeopathy is completely free of risks is not correct. The remedy itself might be harmless (except, of course, for the damage it creates to your finances, and the fact that irrational nonsense about 'vital energy' etc. undermines rationality in general) but this does not necessarily apply to the homeopath. Whenever homeopaths advise their patients, as they often do, to forgo effective conventional treatments for a serious condition, they endanger lives. This phenomenon is documented, for instance, in relation to the advice of many homeopaths against immunisations. Any treatment that has no proven benefit, while carrying a finite risk, cannot generate more good than harm.
The chiropractic profession have been reminded time and times again that their claim to be able to effectively treat paediatric conditions is bogus. Many experts have asked them to produce some compelling evidence or stop this dangerous nonsense. Yet most of them seem to remain in denial, famously documented by the British Chiropractic Association suing Simon Singh for libel after he disclosed that they happily promote bogus treatments.
Some chiropractors now say that things have changed and that chiropractors are finally getting their act together. If that is true, progress must be painfully slow – so slow, in fact, that it is hard to see it at all. There are still far too many chiropractors who carry on just as before. There are hundreds, if not thousands of articles promoting chiropractic for childhood conditions; a very basic Google search for 'chiropractic for children' returns more than 7 million hits many of which advertise this sort of approach. Take this website, for instance; it makes its bogus claims entirely unabashed:
Even as an infant your child may have spinal nerve stress, known as subluxations. Although subluxations may not be painful, they can pose serious threats to your child's development. If your baby was in a difficult position in the womb, or experienced a traumatic birth they may have developed subluxations. A common condition attributed to subluxations in children is known as Blocked Atlantal Nerve Syndrome. This condition may be the primary cause of ear and upper respiratory infections, and chronic tonsillitis.
Even regular childhood activities such as tumbles taken while learning to walk and run, bike riding, and participation in sports can also cause stress on your child's body. Emotional stress and trauma may also be a cause of subluxations. Unless they are corrected they can affect future nerve function and the development of your child's nervous system. They can also cause problems as your child grows and develops into adulthood.
With regular chiropractic care your child may be at less risk for common childhood disease such as colds and fevers. Some children show a marked improvement in asthma symptoms with regular chiropractic care and nutritional counselling. While chiropractors do no treat disease or sickness, they can identify and remove subluxations which interfere with your child's natural ability to heal. By removing this stress from your child's spinal system their immune system may function more efficiently and your child may have a better defense to disease. Their overall health may improve as their natural healing power is released. Children who receive regular chiropractic care may also be able to handle emotional and physical stress better and this care may contribute to their natural development.
Your child is never too young to start chiropractic care. Well-child care starts are early as the first month of life. Doctors use a very gentle pressure to treat children (no more pressure than picking up a tomato in the grocery store) and their treatments are very soothing to your child. After their first visit it is recommended that they receive treatments every three months up to age three, and then every six to 12 month after that. You may also want to visit your chiropractor after major milestones in your child's life such as learning to sit up, crawl, and walk. They should also be seen if they experience any falls or trauma, and if you notice any balance issues they may be experiencing. These may include head tilting and limping.
Pediatric chiropractic care has many benefits. Children as young as infants may see an improvement in their development and overall health with regular care. Doctors of chiropractic take a proactive approach to health by striving to return and maintain your body's natural balance. If you are looking for an alternative or supplement to traditional medical care, look into chiropractic care for your entire family.
Just a few rotten apples!… the apologists would probably say. But this is clearly not true. I find it even hard to locate the non-rotten apples in this decomposing and disgusting mess. More importantly, if it were true that things were now changing, one would expect that the progressive sections of the chiropractic profession protest regularly, sharply and effectively to shame the many charlatans amongst their midst. Crucially, one would expect the chiropractic professional organisations to oust their bogus members systematically and swiftly.
The sad truth, however, is that none of this is really happening – certainly not in the US or the UK. On the contrary, organisations like THE INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION, books entitled CHIROPRACTIC PEDIATRICS, and periodicals like the JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC, MATERNAL AND FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC remain popular and respected within the chiropractic profession. A few lip-services here and there, yes. But truly effective action? No!
The tolerance of quackery, I would argue, must be one of the most important hallmarks of a quack profession.
The Alexander Technique is a method aimed at re-educating people to do everyday tasks with less muscular and mental tension. According to the 'Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique', this method can help you if:
- You suffer from repetitive strain injury or carpal tunnel syndrome.
- You have a backache or stiff neck and shoulders.
- You become uncomfortable when sitting at your computer for long periods of time.
- You are a singer, musician, actor, dancer or athlete and feel you are not performing at your full potential.
Sounds good!? But which of these claims are actually supported by sound evidence.
Our own systematic review from 2003 of the Alexander Technique (AT) found just 4 clinical studies. Only two of these trials were methodologically sound and clinically relevant. Their results were promising and implied that AT is effective in reducing the disability of patients suffering from Parkinson's disease and in improving pain behaviour and disability in patients with back pain. A more recent review concluded as follows: Strong evidence exists for the effectiveness of Alexander Technique lessons for chronic back pain and moderate evidence in Parkinson's-associated disability. Preliminary evidence suggests that Alexander Technique lessons may lead to improvements in balance skills in the elderly, in general chronic pain, posture, respiratory function and stuttering, but there is insufficient evidence to support recommendations in these areas.
This suggests that the 'Complete Guide' is based more on wishful thinking than on evidence. But what about the value of AT for performers – after all, it is for this purpose that Alexander developed his method?
A recent systematic review aimed to evaluate the evidence for the effectiveness of AT sessions on musicians' performance, anxiety, respiratory function and posture. The following electronic databases were searched up to February 2014 for relevant publications: PUBMED, Google Scholar, CINAHL, EMBASE, AMED, PsycINFO and RILM. The search criteria were "Alexander Technique" AND "music*". References were searched, and experts and societies of AT or musicians' medicine contacted for further publications.
In total, 237 citations were assessed. 12 studies were included for further analysis, 5 of which were randomised controlled trials (RCTs), 5 controlled but not randomised (CTs), and 2 mixed methods studies. Main outcome measures in RCTs and CTs were music performance, respiratory function, performance anxiety, body use and posture. Music performance was judged by external experts and found to be improved by AT in 1 of 3 RCTs; in 1 RCT comparing neurofeedback (NF) to AT, only NF caused improvements. Respiratory function was investigated in 2 RCTs, but not improved by AT training. Performance anxiety was mostly assessed by questionnaires and decreased by AT in 2 of 2 RCTs and in 2 of 2 CTs.
From this evidence, the authors drew the following conclusion: A variety of outcome measures have been used to investigate the effectiveness of AT sessions in musicians. Evidence from RCTs and CTs suggests that AT sessions may improve performance anxiety in musicians. Effects on music performance, respiratory function and posture yet remain inconclusive. Future trials with well-established study designs are warranted to further and more reliably explore the potential of AT in the interest of musicians.
So, there you are: if you are a performing artist, AT seems to be useful for you. If you have health problems (other than perhaps back pain), I would look elsewhere for help.
In many countries, consumers seem to be fond of consulting chiropractors – mostly for back pain, but also for other conditions. I therefore think it is might be a good and productive idea to give anyone who is tempted to see a chiropractor some simple, easy to follow advice. Here we go:
- Ask your chiropractor what he/she thinks about the chiropractic concept of subluxation. This is the chiropractors' term (real doctors use the word too but understand something entirely different by it) for an imagined problem with your spine. Once they have diagnosed you to suffer from subluxation, they will persuade you that it needs correcting which is done by spinal manipulation which they tend to call 'adjustments'. There are several important issues here: firstly subluxations do not exist outside the fantasy world of chiropractic; secondly chiropractors who believe in subluxation would diagnose subluxation in about 100% of the population – also in individuals who are completely healthy. My advice is to return straight back home as soon as the chiropractor admits he believes in the mystical concept of subluxation.
- Ask your chiropractor what he/she thinks of 'maintenance care'. This is the term many chiropractors use for indefinite treatments which do little more than transfer lots of cash from your account to that of your chiropractor. There is no good evidence to show that maintenance care does, as chiropractors claim, prevent healthy individuals from falling ill. So, unless you have the irresistible urge to burn money, don't fall for this nonsense. You should ask your chiropractor how long and frequent your treatment will be, what it will cost, and then ask yourself whether it is worth it.
- Run a mile, if the chiropractor wants to manipulate your neck (which most will do regardless of whether you have neck-pain, some even without informed consent). Neck manipulation is associated with very serious complications; they are usually caused by an injury to an artery that supplies parts of your brain. This can cause a stroke and even death. Several hundred such cases have been documented in the medical literature – but the true figure is almost certainly much larger (there is still no system in place to monitor such events).
- Run even faster, if the chiropractor wants to treat your children for common paediatric conditions. Many chiropractors believe that their manipulations are effective for a wide range of health problems that kids frequently suffer from. However, there is not a jot of evidence that these claims are true.
- Be aware that about 50% of all patients having chiropractic treatments will suffer from side effects like pain and stiffness. These symptoms usually last for 2-3 days and can be severe enough to impede your quality of life. Ask yourself whether the risk is outweighed by the benefit of chiropractic.
- Remember that there is no good evidence that chiropractors can treat any condition effectively other than lower back pain (and even for that condition the evidence is far from strong). Many chiropractors claim to be able to treat a plethora of non-spinal conditions like asthma, ear infection, gastrointestinal complaints, autism etc. etc. There is no good evidence that these claims are correct.
- Distrust the advice given by many chiropractors regarding prescribed medications, vaccinations or surgery. Chiropractic has a long history of warning their patients against all sorts of conventional treatments. Depending on the clinical situation, following such advice can cause very serious harm.
I am minded to write similar posts for all major alternative therapies (this will not make me more popular with alternative therapists, but I don't mind all that much) – provided, of course, that my readers find this sort of article useful. So, please do give me some feedback.
After yesterday's post mentioning 'biopuncture', I am sure you are all dying to know what this mysterious treatment might be. A website promoting biopuncture tells us (almost) all we need to know:
Biopuncture is a therapy whereby specific locations are injected with biological products. The majority of the products are derived from plants. Most of these injections are given into the skin or into muscles. Products commonly used in Biopuncture are, for example, arnica, echinacea, nux vomica and chamomile. Arnica is used for muscle pain, nux vomica is injected for digestive problems, echinacea is used to increase the natural defense system of the body. Biopuncturists always inject cocktails of natural products. Lymphomyosot is used for lymphatic drainage, Traumeel for inflammations and sports injuries, Spascupreel for muscular cramps. Injections with antiflogistics, hyaluronic acid, blood platelets, blood, procaine, ozon, cortisone or vitamin B are not considered as Biopuncture…
How can such a small dose influence your body and stimulate healing? Scientists don't have the final proof yet, but they postulate that these injections are working through the stimulation of the immune system (which is in fact your defense system). Let's compare it with a vaccination. When you receive a tetanus vaccination, only small amounts of a particular product are necessary to stimulate the immune system against lockjaw. In other words, just a few injections can protect your body for years…
An important issue in Biopuncture is the detoxification of the body. It literally means "cleaning the body" from all the toxins that have accumulated: for example from the environment (air pollution, smoking), from bad nutrition, or from medication (e.g., antibiotics and steroids you've taken). These toxins can block your defense system. Some injections work specifically on the liver and others on the kidneys. Cleaning up the lymphatic system with Lymphomyosot is considered very important in Biopuncture. It is like taking the leaves out of the gutter. The down side of such an approach is that old symptoms (which have been suppressed earlier on) may come to the surface again. But that is sometimes part of the healing strategy of the body…
That sounds strange, to say the least. But remember: strange treatments might still work! The question is therefore: IS BIOPUNCTURE AN EFFECTIVE THERAPY? If you ask it to Dr Oz, the answer would be a resounding YES – but let's not ask Oz, let's try to find some reliable evidence instead. In my quest to locate such evidence, I came across claims like these.
Examples of some acute conditions we treat with biopuncture:
- Knee and ankle sprains
- Muscle sprains- quadriceps, hamstring, adductors, rotator cuff
- Whiplash
Examples of some chronic conditions we treat with biopuncture:
- Headaches
- Achilles tendinitis
- Tennis elbow
- Chronic arthritis of the knee, hip, shoulder
- Back pain
- Myofascial pains
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- TMJ syndrome
Somehow I had the feeling that this was more than a little too optimistic, and I decided to conduct a rudimentary Medline search. The results were sobering indeed: not a single clinical trial seems to be available that supports any of the claims that are being made for biopuncture.
So, what should we conclude? I don't know about you, but to me it seems that biopuncture is quackery at its purest.


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Through MIStranslation, the governments of the world (in this case, King James) gain power for themselves by simply mistranslating a single word from the original text: "Exousia"
A more correct translation of Romans 13 would go like this:
"Let every soul be subject unto the higher liberty. For there is no liberty but of God: the liberties that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth (opposes) the liberty, resisteth (opposes) the ordinance of God: and they that resist (sets one's self against) shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the liberty? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same." Romans 13: 1,3
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|Results: 27Comments by: Reaper666735
|File: QuestGuru11-12-14
QG show / hide
Is it me? I'm not able to minimalize the quests anymore. I have several quests spread over different lands and I would like to minimalize the ones I'm not doing atm but that doesn't seem possibile. Also, the text in the questlog seems to be white and very hard to read, not sure if that's another addon causing this. i already com...
|File: QuestGuru11-11-14
Small Bug
Hello , Keep up the good work on QG :) , hopefully the tracker will be done soon ^^ ( hopefully when WoD releases lol :p ) just a small bug i noticed , you can't collapse / show quests anymore since the latest Release version , nothing major but just thought i would report it :) ty.
|File: LightHeaded11-07-14
Log window
Hello , i'm hoping the addon is still being worked on ? , because having to use /show command all chars all the time is not very handy :p , and ofc some compatibly for the default Questlog as for other 3rd party one's that are based on the older pre-WoD one ( like Questguru or LegacyQuest ....... ) :)
|File: LightHeaded10-18-14
Lightheaded + Legacyquest
Hello , so after adding legacyquest ( thank god for that addon author ! lol ) , the old "nil" error did not come , instead i got this one because of the combination : 1x LightHeaded\LightHeaded-372.lua:63: hooksecurefunc(): WatchFrameLinkButtonTemplate_OnClick is not a function LightHeaded\Dongle.lua:1316: in functi...
|File: LightHeaded10-15-14
lua errors since 6.0.2
yup same problem here , and latest version to Download gives me a corrupted zip lol 4x LightHeaded\LightHeaded-371.lua:1329: table index is nil LightHeaded\LightHeaded-371.lua:1329: in main chunk Locals:
|File: QuestGuru10-15-14
Welcome :)
Fair Welcome Lazare :) , i hope you things will be going well soon ^^ , and btw il just be posting these Lua errors so you have an easier time tracking them down ok :) , 1x QuestGuru_Tracker\QGT_Quests.lua:1476: table index is nil QuestGuru_Tracker\QGT_Quests.lua:1476: in function
|File: Factionizer03-11-14
Curse.com still has the debug version .......
|File: Factionizer03-08-14
Bug in new version
hi , it seems you forgot to remove the Debugging code to dump in chat , each time you open Factionizer it pops up and floods it :p , But i also just want to say you forgot to add the Black prince and Shado pan assault rep in the addon , i know they don't have daily's but rep is gained via certain Mobs and or killing raid bosses :)
|File: QuestGuru01-18-14
Re: Re: Re: Grizzly Hills Tracker bug
am thinking then it aint a Blizzard Bug lol , i hope one of the Addon Devs will look into it :) Hello , not sure if this is an QG bug or Blizzard one , even if i already submitted an ingame bug report to Blizz ...... , but everytime i Quest in Grizzly Hills when i get a Progression or Completion for my Quest(s) all...
|File: QuestGuru12-06-13
Grizzly Hills Tracker bug
Hello , not sure if this is an QG bug or Blizzard one , even if i already submitted an ingame bug report to Blizz ...... , but everytime i Quest in Grizzly Hills when i get a Progression or Completion for my Quest(s) all of them are being Hidden and untracked from the Quest log and Tracker ( only Grizzly other zone's ar...
|File: QuestGuru11-03-13
New error
1x QuestGuru-2.2.16-50400\QuestGuruOptions.lua:11: attempt to index global "QuestGuru_Settings" (a nil value) QuestGuru-2.2.16-50400\QuestGuruOptions.lua:11: in function "initFunction" FrameXML\UIDropDownMenu.lua:69: in function "UIDropDownMenu_Initialize" QuestGuru-2.2.16-50400\QuestGuruOptions.lua:256: in main chunk Locals:...
|File: Factionizer11-02-13
hi , we have several Lua errors on log in to world waiting for you on curseforge ticket and curse.com :p , just in case you where not aware of them ^^
|File: QuestGuru11-01-13
ow and before i forget , have you been checking the Feature's list recently ? , because it seems many of those are still " under review " and the oldest is from December 2011 lol :p , i see many new addon authors attached to the addon , and i hope some will help you for those :D
|File: QuestGuru11-01-13
latest update
just wanted to mention that since the last update of QG , each time you open or close the Quest log you see in yellow text " OnShow " , " OnHide " in the Chat log , just a tad annoying :p
|File: LightHeaded10-26-13
any 5.4 update incoming ? :) , not that the addon is not working or anything , but i guess i just mean a fresh database update :D
|File: Factionizer04-06-13
Aldor and Scryers rep
hello again lol when i looked for Sporregar just now i also noticed a lack of info for the Aldor and Scyers in higher rep levels , currently the addon removes all the Rep Repeatable's once you reach Honored , for Aldor it is only the Marks of Kil'jeaden you can only use till Honored , you can still use the Marks of Sargeras and F...
|File: Factionizer04-06-13
New Update and Sporregar rep
hi again , ty for the Commendation and Champion fix aswell :D , all seems to be working correctly ^^ , i have found out something btw , for Sporregar reputation from in Burning Crusade , you normally had to kill Bog lords and Marsh Lurkers in combination with Sanguine Hibicus and Glowcaps found in Zangarmash or Underbog with D...
|File: Factionizer03-18-13
Patch 5.2 Changes
hi , current Version is still not showing the Changes Reflected in patch 5.2 , the Championing and Rep token bought indicator , can you please allow Factionizer to show these new base options ty PS: pic example in link http://enviitheinsane.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ChampionReputation01.gif
|File: QuestGuru03-12-13
Lua error's since 5.2
Running into the following errors when doing dailies after updating to 5.2. Date: 2013-03-09 18:28:49 ID: -6 Error occured in: Global Count: 1 Message: ..\AddOns\QuestGuru_Tracker\QGT_Quests.lua line 1262: table index is nil Debug: QuestGuru_Tracker\QGT_Quests.lua:1262: QuestGuru_Tracker\QGT_Quests.lua:1255...
|File: Factionizer03-10-13
Re: origbarvalue error fixed
i have fixed the origbarvalue error with the newest file 13.03.09, and the human faction error (didn't realise it was there) as well. Sorry for the problems I am trying to get the programe wrapped around in my head. As I do I will be adding compatability. by adding compatibilty do you mean the Grand commandation ( Reputatio...
|File: Factionizer03-07-13
Lua error's since 5.2
there are plenty of the addon's Lua error's on Curse.com addon page am afraid :p , and since latest update i can see the rep frame again but when clicking anything or choosing rep in Dungoen tool i get , 1x Factionizer\Factionizer-r14.lua:1539: attempt to perform arithmetic on global "origBarValue" (a nil value) Factionize...
|File: QuestGuru02-19-13
Quest tracker
hi there , as i am hoping that a Scenario and Challenge Dungeon support will be added natively by Gregity soon with 5.2 :) , i would like to add a suggestion about the Quest tracker aswell , when a quest has a chain you can click the tracker to open the specified quest and get the next in the series , BUT currently it's very hard...
|File: Factionizer10-26-12
Curse again ...
sorry to bother again but curse is still only showing the 4.3.0 update ..... :( , can you please make both website's host them as most of us use Curse Client to update them , ty
|File: LightHeaded09-10-12
Lua Report
2x CreateFrame(): Couldn"t find inherited node "UIPanelButtonTemplate2"
|File: Factionizer09-06-12
Re: Curse Update
Is it possible to push the latest updates to the curseforge repos? I was waiting for an update for 5.0.4 for awhile and it was only luck that I checked the comments on Curse.com to get this link. I feel a lot of people would be grateful for the update on curse. yes i agree aswell it would be great if curse got them aswell i use th...


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Need for Speed Undercover Gameplay Movie 1
Awesome new trailer for Need For Speed Undercover.
Does Nfs undercover Have City Roaming??
nt toooooooooo badddd
I'm very excited for this game. Hot Pursuit was probably the one I was the most entertained with but the Underground series was pretty great too, those would be the ones I logged the most hours into.
This game does look pretty good, It could be soo much better though if they thought of combining the amazing car customizing features from UnderGround 2 into the game, The whole police engine from Most Wanted. And Finally add in some amazing damage effects. That would make a perfect NFS Game but they just keep digging a grave and making NFS look bad, when it never used to..
its gonna be amazin
NFS this is how the game should be
i thing they try to find the big success of the high stakes, Porsche and underground 1, after those titles all rest was a mix..... well hope die last :)
midnight club la is way better than this game!!
Yay, the cops are back !! :)
nothing good came out of this series except underground 1, and one of the very first. i think this might change the standard.
hey that is just trailer
I agree with clank17 I can tell he must be a old school NFS gamer as I am most wanted did suck up big a$$ hated that game now a hotpursuit 3 on ps3 would be awesome!!!!! back to NFS roots would be great!!! exotic cars, lambo's, ferrari's,porches, bmw m3, mcclarins so on
Man , look at all the NFS serie , Underground was good , Undergrond 2 was exelent , Most Wanted was good , Carbon was sick , Pro Street was sickiest game on da serie , and i guez than this one will be good. Agree whit me or die on the intent.
o.k,clank17, carbon sucks im with ya,pro street sucks im also with ya but most wanted sucks im not with you as saberspellsword told u there is something wrong with u.most wanted is a very nice game and cars do have mods on them.man come on be serious.and hope that undercover would be like most wanted,and hope that ea does (underground 3)soon.
Clank 17, your missing the whole point of NFS: Most wanted. NFS:MW was all about the awsome cool cop chases. if u didnt have fun evading the cops in that game there's something something seriously wrong with u.
this is the scale of nfs games from good to bad Hot pursuit 2: Good , Nfs underground: Excellent , NFS U2 : BEST IN ALL SERIES (because of all modification and sweet rides) , Nfs Most wanted : BAD (this game is horrible because there are almost no mods on the car) , Nfs Carbon (This game is so BAD), Pro street : BAD BAD TOO BAD (this game doesnt even deserve to be named NFS) Nfs undercover : I dunno (looks like Most Wanted Ill write a review when i play it)
and most wanted sux
this looks just like most wanted
NFS is finally back.. Yes!!
graphics so bad
not bad ....... not bad at all ............ but hopefully the in-game graphics will be better .......
I love NFS but just can't seem to say anything cool or great about this game.
after watching this gameplay do this suppose to be old school graphics?? (roots) but modernized?? it looks cheezy
If This N4S have this amazing soundtrack.. I´m gonna play it!!
Most wanted was the best NFS ever, Carbon was too much like the Undergrounds and Pro Street was just lame a f*ck. Seems like EA is almost done playing catch-up.
when does this game come out in the uk - england
Story and gameplay ok = I'm ok
Being a Gameplay video I was kinda expecting err...I dont know...Gameplay footage? and not a cut scene. Still looks good though. Hope you'll get to unlock and drive those police cars too.
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@ CoupeD: well, prostreet- in the sense of real life racing, real car physics in one word complete simulation racing game, in those terms, ya, that's a pretty good game, but as u said it lacks that nfs feelings, that posh outlook,shiny cars, that amazing excitement of car chase and etc. there are other developpers of that type of very real racing games. but nfs really offers the fantasy, nothing serious, just pure fun and excitement. thats what we actually expect when any nfs franchise comes out.
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if this is even close to underground 2 its going to be awesome.... always played the PC versions and always loved them more than the PS3... cant beat setting the graphics the way you want em!
Why even post a comment if you don't like racing games? This game definitely looks top notch. Not sure to get it on PS3 or PC, what you guys think? I didn't think Carbon was that bad. Prostreet was pretty good, but wrong style for the NFS series.
OOOOHHH maaan!!! cant wait to get my hands on this one. i didnt even finished carbon and prostreet, i was soo disappointing with nfs. so hopefully, they will come back and come back with a blast with this one. :) PS: who cares if it looks like mostwanted?? that was awesome :S
Racing games sucks. This new NFS means di** to me.
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i seriously hope this is the ps2 version
ok, josh just trying to get everyone to write to EA BLACKBOX IF THEY WANT HOTPURSUIT 3 or high stakes I just cant see playing a sec. mostwanted
gonna be awesome!!!!!!!!!
Learn English hotrider12. I like Midnight Club AND Need for Speed... but I am sick of the dialogues, cut scenes, and storylines. I just want to race!!!!!!!!!!!
Looks cool I hope its like Most Wanted because it was the sickest NFS ever but with more tuning features and better graphics. I've played like every NFS game from NFS 1 to Pro Street. Pro Street sucked though. The best racing game series ever.....NFS. Good job EA. U rock.
i have played all of NFS titles except for pro street which was sh1t. there's only 1 thing that have troubled me the most about NSF Franchies is the dead Scenery. nobody is ever on the road, ever. that's where midnight club beats NFS hands down.
hotrider12 quit using caps lock. it makes you look like a douche. you can get your point across by not using it and quit saying the same thing. we got it the first twelve times you said it.
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midnight club LA looks better. this is too much like the first most wanted but with better graphics
This NFS looks good, the feel of the game seems to be mature. This shows EA is growing up and bringing back the fun run from the law type game (aka most wanted).


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I'm excited to have Greg Klyma and his band play a night of live music featuring two step, west coast swing, waltzing, and even a polka or two. In between sets, our DJ Bucky will be playing line dances. Greg is a great showman and I think you will love the music he plays (I am a regular to his American Monday's night over in Somerville). Art Sullivan will be teaching and this should be a night to remember.
This is a nonalcoholic venue ('cause it's a church, y'all). All for a low cover: $12 (includes the lesson). No partner necessary! Just come on by and there willl be lots of partners to swing (or be swung) by.
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