Acupuncture: A Science-Based Evaluation of a Popular SCAM

Acupuncture has an undeserved reputation as one of few effective SCAMs (Supplements, Complementary and Alternative Medicine).  Discover what THEY don't want you to know: acupuncture is based on fantasy, is not effective, and cannot be effective.

Speaker Mark Crislip, M.D., has been a practicing Infectious Disease physician in Portland Oregon since 1990. He is an editor and writer for the Science-Based Medicine blog, producer of Quackcast, and is the Infectious Disease blogger for Medscape. He also produces two infectious disease podcasts (Gobbet o' Pus and the Puscast) and an infectious disease mobile app. His growing multimedia empire can be found at www.edgydoc.com.