Park et al1 reported on an excellent study evalu-ating the efficacy of traditional acupuncture
for subacute stroke rehabilitation. However, there was no mention of potential mechanisms …

© 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. lowed to conclude that
acupuncture significantly reduced back pain, presumably because both trials also included …

Park et al1 reported on an excellent study evalu-ating the efficacy of traditional acupuncture
for subacute stroke rehabilitation. However, there was no mention of potential mechanisms …

The relationship between conventional allopathic medical care and the world of
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) remains ambiguous. Numerous surveys …

I enjoyed reading the excellent article on adverse effects of acupuncture by Melchart et al. 1
To make their list more complete, I would like to mention 3 more serious complications of …

Background: Marijuana is the most common illicit drug used during pregnancy (1). Because
of concerns about potential deleterious effects on neurodevelopment, the American College …

In clinical trials of the efficacy of manual treatments like surgery or acupuncture, control
groups are commonly given “sham” procedures, which is supposed to be indistinguishable …

TO THE EDITOR: Zimetbaum and Josephson (1) are confident that “new approaches to drug
development and screening for risk for adverse events may ultimately reduce the toxicity of …

TO THE EDITOR: Zimetbaum and Josephson (1) are confident that “new approaches to drug
development and screening for risk for adverse events may ultimately reduce the toxicity of …

To the Editor We read with interest a Research Letter by Young-Wolff and colleagues1
published in a recent issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. We were not surprised at the results …