Study Reveals U.S. Consumers and Economy Lose Billions to Occupational Licensing

Re:Study Reveals U.S. Consumers and Economy Lose Billions to... by ahallock on Friday December 14, 2018 @04:31PM (#18685004)

Please explain how snide, dismissive statements contribute to a healthy discussion? There are chiropractic techniques which I do not agree are junk science and produce good outcomes for patients. For example:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3081245/

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Re:Study Reveals U.S. Consumers and Economy Lose Billions to... by A2017U1 on Saturday December 15, 2018 @12:26AM (#18687209)

How does it compare against a placebo in a double blind trial? This is simply a single case report with no comparison.

Chiropractic remedies have a long history of being questionable.

Wikipedia provides many sources:

> Systematic reviews of this research have not found evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective, with the possible exception of treatment for back pain.[4] A critical evaluation found that collectively, spinal manipulation was ineffective at treating any condition

> It is frequently associated with mild to moderate adverse effects, with serious or fatal complications in rare cases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiropractic

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Re:Study Reveals U.S. Consumers and Economy Lose Billions to... by grandmczeb on Friday December 14, 2018 @08:18PM (#18686394)

I don’t think anyone thinks patients can’t have good outcomes after having chiropractic techniques applied - it’s more a question of causality. A single case where spinal manipulation was used to successfully treat tinnitus is probably not a good argument in that case.

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