Pentagon tries aroma therapy to ease combat

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The U.S. military is experimenting with aroma therapy, acupuncture and other unorthodox methods to treat soldiers traumatized by combat experiences, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday.

He said the experiments showed promise.

Gates touted possible treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during a meeting with the wives of servicemen at Fort Riley, Kansas, when one woman asked him to explain why chiropractic and acupuncture therapies were not covered under her military health care plan.

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[Larving]

Gates touted possible treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during a meeting with the wives of servicemen at Fort Riley, Kansas, when one woman asked him to explain why chiropractic and acupuncture therapies were not covered under her military health care plan.

Because those are shams

[Nenaptio]

Because those are shams

how are those shams?

[Larving]

how are those shams?

Back and neck pain are the domains of chiropractic but many chiropractors treat conditions other than musculoskeletal problems. With the possible exception of back pain, chiropractic spinal manipulation has not been shown to be effective for any medical condition.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18280103

While acupuncture is widely accepted as a viable method of healthcare, there are still serious questions as to whether it has any effect at all. In a study completed on 302 random subjects at the Department of Internal Medicine II, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany, where acupuncture was tested against random puncturing of the subjects using needles without using any technique, no difference in the outcome was found. Practitioners of acupuncture claim that this field of healthcare works by interrupting the flow of a force called chiusing needles. As chi has never been observed or measured and no evidence has ever been produced to prove its existence, the method itself remains in question.

http://www.nowpublic.com/health/acupuncture-sham-healthcare

Not to mention, in Denmark there was recently a case were acupuncturists were found to inject MEDICINE into the patients using medical needles, without the patients' permission or knowledge

Edited May 11, 2010 by Larving