ALTERNATE MEDICINE RESEARCH BASED ON TRADITIONAL CLINICAL TRIALS
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
ALTERNATE MEDICINE RESEARCH BASED ON TRADITIONAL CLINICAL TRIALS provides the "strongest evidence" of clinical efficacy, Paul Knipschild, MD, University of Limberg, Netherlands, asserted at a conference to examine research assumptions in alternative medical systems sponsored by NIH's Office of Alternative Medicine on July 11-13. Arguing against the need for new study methodologies to confirm the efficacy of alternative treatments, Knipschild recommended "blinded, randomized" clinical trials.