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Acupunct Med 2009;27:1-2
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  1. Adrian White, editor

      This issue of the Acupuncture in Medicine marks an important milestone. After 27 years of independent publication, the journal will now be published by BMJ Publishing Group, thus adding the resources and global reach that are essential in modern medical publishing. In some circles, acupuncture still has a negative ‘image’ – implausible mechanisms and overenthusiastic claims for effectiveness in a whole range of conditions. The British Medical Acupuncture Society aims to encourage the use and scientific understanding of acupuncture, and will continue to own the journal. But the journal remains editorially independent: it shares the aim of understanding acupuncture through scientifically plausible mechanisms, but its main aim is to provide evidence of where acupuncture is safe and effective and where it is not, so as to help define the place of acupuncture in mainstream medicine.

      There is evidence from systematic reviews that acupuncture is superior to placebo for treating nausea, chronic back and knee pain, tension headache and postoperative pain; it is equally important to know where acupuncture is not helpful and …

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