March 29, 2017 11:04 am PDT
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The Army is using quack "battlefield acupuncture" based on junk science
The exciting field of "battlefield acupuncture" involves training soldiers and medics to perform what amounts to a "theatrical placebo" involving jamming glorified thumbtacks into fellow soldiers' ears and leaving them there until they fall out. (more…)
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