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- Edzard Ernst.
- Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, U.K. Edzard.Ernst@pms.ac.uk
- Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. 2003 Apr 30; 115 (7-8): 241-5.
AimTo update our published systematic review of clinical trials of distant healing.DesignSystematic review.Data SourcesMedline, Embase, Cochrane Library and personal files.Study SelectionAny type of clinical study of any type of distant healing published between 2000 and December 2002.Data ExtractionFor each included study, essential data were extracted and summarised in narrative form.Results8 non-randomised and 9 randomised clinical trials were located. The majority of the rigorous trials do not to support the hypothesis that distant healing has specific therapeutic effects. The results of two studies furthermore suggest that distant healing can be associated with adverse effects.ConclusionSince the publication of our previous systematic review in 2000, several rigorous new studies have emerged. Collectively they shift the weight of the evidence against the notion that distant healing is more than a placebo.
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