Edzard Ernst MD, PhD, MAE, FMedSci, FRSB, FRCP, FRCPEd.
Dry needling (DN) is a treatment used by various healthcare practitioners, including physical therapists, physicians, and chiropractors. It involves the use of either solid filiform needles or …
Spinal manipulations for migraine: a systematic review
2 days ago · This update of a systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of spinal manipulations as a treatment for migraine headaches. Amed, Embase, MEDLINE, CINAHL, …
About - Edzard Ernst
Edzard Ernst was born in 1948. He went to school in Germany and the US and studied psychology and medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. In 1977, he qualified …
A look at my own publications - Edzard Ernst
May 27, 2021 · What my analysis of these data suggests is the following: Only relatively few articles (n=8) are in the ‘top 100’ that I published before I took up the Exeter post starting full …
The UK ‘Assisted Dying Bill’: reasons for concern?
4 days ago · If you live in the UK, you could not possibly escape the discussion about the 'Assisted Dying Bill' which passed yesterday's vote in the House of Commons (MPs have …
Lectures & Talks - Edzard Ernst
Details of the lectures that I plan to give in the near future 31 October 2024, University of Vienna. Title: ALTERNATIVMEDIZIN: EMINENZ CONTRA EVIDENZ 12 December 2024, University of …
An evidence-based assessment of 202 alternative treatments and ...
Dec 7, 2022 · Yesterday, the post brought me a nice Christmas present. For many months, I had been working on updating and extending a book of mine. Then there were some delays at the …
CAM-CANCER: a most valuable source of information
Feb 4, 2019 · Today is WORLD CANCER DAY.A good reason, I feel, to remind everyone of the existence of CAM-CANCER, an initiative that I have been involved with from its start (in fact, I …
Meditation for the primary and secondary prevention of …
Feb 20, 2024 · These days - 11 years after the closure of my department at Exeter - it is not often that I co-author a peer-reviewed paper. All the more reason, I think, to celebrate when it does …
Acupuncture: an update of the most reliable evidence – PART 1
Jun 3, 2020 · Someone alerted me to a short article (2008) of mine that I had forgotten about. In it, I mention the 32 Cochrane reviews of acupuncture available at the time and the fact that …