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		<title>Which to Believe?</title>
		<link>http://qi-spot.com/2010/03/11/which-to-believe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acupuncture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Herbal Medicine]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qi-spot.com/?p=356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I wonder just how long is a study&#8217;s &#8220;shelf life.&#8221;
Acupuncture &#8216;does not aid fertility treatment&#8217; (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7405852/Acupuncture-does-not-aid-fertility-treatment.html) &#8211; March 2010.  &#8221;New&#8221; research says so.
Seems to contradict:
Acupuncture helps women have babies (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3042006/Acupuncture-helps-women-have-babies.html) &#8211; September 2008. &#8220;New&#8221; research (at the time) says so.
Okay the first article refers to a meta-analysis of previous studies, the bottom one included.  This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cow Gallstones Bowl Over Parasite</title>
		<link>http://qi-spot.com/2010/03/07/cow-gallstones-bowl-over-parasite/</link>
		<comments>http://qi-spot.com/2010/03/07/cow-gallstones-bowl-over-parasite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Herbal Medicine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[an gong niu huang wan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calculus bovis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chinese herbal medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qi-spot.com/?p=351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Schistosomiasis is caused by a species of liver fluke that basically plants a flag in the blood vessels in your liver and claims it as it&#8217;s own territory.  It can damage internal organs, increase the chances for bladder cancer, and cause retardation of growth and development in children. A brief look at wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schistosomiasis) can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got Milk? NOT.</title>
		<link>http://qi-spot.com/2010/03/06/got-milk-not/</link>
		<comments>http://qi-spot.com/2010/03/06/got-milk-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:09:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dietary Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digestion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[milk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qi-spot.com/?p=347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the statements I make during lectures that always causes a virulent reaction from the audience refers to milk.  Specifically, I unabashedly declare that feeding milk to children beyond two years of age, from a Chinese medicine point of view, is ludicrous, unnecessary, and downright harmful.  I often say that if God had intended for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A More Balanced View</title>
		<link>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/28/a-more-balanced-view/</link>
		<comments>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/28/a-more-balanced-view/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acupuncturist]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chronic Fatigue Syndrome]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qi-spot.com/?p=345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember how I wrote about biased headlines? (http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/09/another-biased-headline/)  In that previous article, I had mentioned that one can subtly affect comprehension by careful(?) selection of words to use in a headline.  The headline in question then read &#8220;Researcher Warns on Herbal Medicines&#8221;.  Only when you read the article itself will you see that it actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Magic Numbers: This Time It&#8217;s Celebrex</title>
		<link>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/22/more-magic-numbers-this-time-its-celebrex/</link>
		<comments>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/22/more-magic-numbers-this-time-its-celebrex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qi-spot.com/?p=335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sweet Mother of God.  How can anyone have the gall to accuse Traditional Chinese Medicine of having little or no &#8220;evidence&#8221; to back it up when the &#8220;evidence&#8221; for some western medicine is even more immaterial than how these skeptics perceive qi.  Qi is hardly immaterial, by the way.
Doc Accused of Faking Celebrex Study from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Big Pharma Cover Up</title>
		<link>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/21/another-big-pharma-cover-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qi-spot.com/?p=333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And people wonder why I, despite being an MD, no longer am able to fully trust &#8220;peer reviewed&#8221; journals and &#8220;evidence based&#8221; medicine.
From cnbc.com: Senate Report: Avandia Maker Knew of Cardiac Risks (http://www.cnbc.com/id/35498711)

NEW YORK &#8211; A Senate report said Saturday that drug maker GlaxoSmithKline knew of possible heart attack risks tied to Avandia, its diabetes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Society of Fetal Medicine: Acupuncture Treats Depression</title>
		<link>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/21/society-of-fetal-medicine-acupuncture-treats-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/21/society-of-fetal-medicine-acupuncture-treats-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acupuncture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now before we wonder how fetuses in mommies get depression, let me clarify that what is mentioned here is depression of the mother-to-be.
Two New Studies Show Acupuncture Can Relieve Pain and Depression
The first study we have already mentioned (Scientists Find How Acupuncture Deactivates Pain (well, one of the ways) ) so let&#8217;s go to the second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Biased Headline</title>
		<link>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/09/another-biased-headline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chan su]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qi-spot.com/?p=327</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Researcher Warns on Herbal Medicines&#8221;
(http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/08/2813236.htm)
Looking at the above headline, what thoughts enter your head?  Obviously it is an attempt to ingrain into the public mind that herbal medicines are dangerous per se.  Sadly, that&#8217;s not what the article says.

A forensic pathologist thinks some people&#8217;s embarrassment about taking herbal medicines can leave them vulnerable to taking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists Find How Acupuncture Deactivates Pain (well, one of the ways)</title>
		<link>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/07/scientists-find-how-acupuncture-deactivates-pain-well-one-of-the-ways/</link>
		<comments>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/07/scientists-find-how-acupuncture-deactivates-pain-well-one-of-the-ways/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 02:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acupuncture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[arrival of qi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Pomeranz]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gabriel Stux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[irritable bowel syndrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRI]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://qi-spot.com/?p=323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; but are a bit lacking in their conclusion.  Let me explain.
Their headline is &#8220;Acupuncture &#8216;lessens pain in brain not body&#8217;, scientists discover&#8221;.
Acupuncture works by making the brain, rather than the body, no longer experience pain, according to new research.
by Andrew Hough (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7167362/Acupuncture-lessens-pain-in-brain-not-body-scientists-discover.html)
Scientists who scanned the brains of volunteers as they were given the Chinese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The King of Medicinals</title>
		<link>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/05/the-king-of-medicinals/</link>
		<comments>http://qi-spot.com/2010/02/05/the-king-of-medicinals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:39:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acupuncture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sun Simiao has been called the &#8220;yao wang&#8221; or king of medicinals.  He was a master of herbology, acupuncture, qigong and dietary therapy.  I&#8217;d believe it, because he lived to be a 100 years old.  Now I found an article about him speaking about medical ethics, sadly lacking today even in China.
Worth a read. (http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/28988/)
Sun [...]]]></description>
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