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Rapid response to:

Letters What to do about CAM?

Funding for CAM

BMJ 2007; 335 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39388.425799.1F (Published 08 November 2007) Cite this as: BMJ 2007;335:951

Rapid Response:

Re: Not accurate

Could Michael F Vagg qualify his statement "acupuncture (for which
there is no rational scientific basis......)" as it is at odds with
multitudinous published research, global demonstrations and anecdote
amongst billions of peoples, empirically derived (and recorded in
classical texts) evidence over millennia, and World Health Organisation
assessments and subsequent recommendations for more than 30 years?

Regards

John H.

Competing interests:
Traditional Chinese Medicine Specialist

Competing interests: No competing interests

16 November 2007
John P Heptonstall
Director of the Morley Acupuncture Clinic
Leeds LS27 8EG