• Kirk McElhearn:
  If a medical cure looks too good to be true, it probably is http://flip.it/JcXhU 

• Tom Negrino:
  @mcelhearn Very interesting piece; I especially appreciated the link to the ?Acupuncture is a theatrical placebo? article.

• Andrew Laurence:
  @negrino @mcelhearn a friend uses and loves it. Fully aware that it’s likely placebo woo woo, but apparently it’s woo enough.

@negrino @mcelhearn Thumbs up, @dori.

@atlauren @negrino @mcelhearn Current research: acupuncture applied to random body points as effective as “real” thing.

@atlauren @negrino @mcelhearn We can’t tell difference between needles and toothpicks, so go with a practitioner who doesn’t break the skin.

@atlauren @negrino @mcelhearn Minimizes infection risk for same placebo benefit.