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In reply to the discussion: Wonderful overlooked fact about Obamacare--it will curtail mandatory alternative medicine coverage! [View all]MadHound
(34,179 posts)"Rigorous, well-designed clinical trials for many CAM therapies are often lacking; therefore, the safety and effectiveness of many CAM therapies are uncertain. NCCAM is sponsoring research designed to fill this knowledge gap by building a scientific evidence base about CAM therapieswhether they are safe; and whether they work for the conditions for which people use them and, if so, how they work."
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam
Stop putting your words into others' mouths.
Furthermore, they go on to link to several studies proving the effectiveness of acupuncture
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=acupuncture[Majr]%20OR%20%22acupuncture%20therapy%22[Majr]%20AND%20%22therapeutic%20use%22[Subheading%3Anoexp]%20AND%20%28%22humans%22[MeSH%20Terms]%20AND%20%28Meta-Analysis[ptyp]%20OR%20Review[ptyp]%29%20OR%20systematic[sb]%20AND%20English[lang]%20AND%20%222007/07/12%22[PDAT]%20%3A%20%222012/07/12%22[PDAT]%29&cmd=DetailsSearch
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=acupuncture[Majr]%20OR%20%22acupuncture%20therapy%22[Majr]%20AND%20%22therapeutic%20use%22[Subheading%3Anoexp]%20AND%20%22humans%22[MeSH%20Terms]%20AND%20English[lang]%20AND%20Randomized%20Controlled%20Trial[ptyp]%20AND%20%222007/07/12%22[PDAT]%20%3A%20%222012/07/12%22[PDAT]&cmd=DetailsSearch
And all of this under the auspices of the NIH.
And what are you talking about with this "School of Inegration"? I did not link to it, I had three links, one to University of Maryland Medical Center, NCCAM, which is part of NIH, and Vanderbilt University.
By the by, I've given proof in my case, where is your proof? So far, all you have is hot air.