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		<title>What is Placebo Acupuncture?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Question : Placebo administration has been shown to cause the release of dopamine in the brain of patients with Parkinson&#8217;s disease. Is the placebo effect disease specific? What is the best way to perform sham acupuncture in research studies? Reference : Is Placebo Acupuncture What It is Intended to Be? Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sham Acupuncture is Not a Valid Placebo</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A placebo is a sham medical intervention. Placebo-control of acupuncture is used to evaluate and distinguish between the specific effects and the non-specific ones. During &#8216;true&#8217; acupuncture treatment in general, the needles are inserted into acupoints and stimulated until deqi is evoked. In contrast, during placebo acupuncture, the needles are inserted into non-acupoints and/or superficially [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sports Acupuncture: Placebo or Doping</title>
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