Channel: Medlife Crisis

Category: Education

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Description: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson went a'cuppin. Does this alternative medicine technique actually work? But more importantly, let's go through some ways to think about unproven therapies so that you can try, or avoid things, with an informed decision. The five lessons: 1. Who should prove what 2. Placebo ain't a dirty word, but... 3. Old doesn't mean good 4. Celebs need to watch what they're promoting 5. Special bonus surprise - Rohin 'The Doc' Francis, WrestleMedica 2021 ----------------- More Medlife Crisis: medlifecrisis.co.uk twitter.com/medcrisis youtube.com/channel/UCXFgI0Lgrwc_fY2ttqQ9Yhg watchnebula.com/medlifecrisis instagram.com/medcrisis facebook.com/Medlifecrisis Wikipedia is a good place to start to get a general overview en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupping_therapy A more in-depth article, explaining cupping’s roots in bloodletting sciencebasedmedicine.org/cupping-olympic-pseudoscience Hijama, the traditional Islamic medicine practice sometimes called ‘wet cupping’ because it causes bleeding bbc.co.uk/news/health-32653971 An open-minded article from Harvard Health Blog health.harvard.edu/blog/what-exactly-is-cupping-2016093010402 Scientific meta-analyses (ie combining the results of hundreds of studies into one mega-study) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3289625 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000376 jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(20)30003-1/fulltext