Edzard Ernst (born 30 January 1948) is a retired British-German academic physician and researcher specializing in the study of complementary and alternative medicine.He was Professor of Complementary Medicine at the University of Exeter, the world's first such academic position in complementary and alternative medicine.. Ernst served as chairman of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) at #### Biography Edzard Ernst is a champion of clear thinking in the often murky waters of alternative medicine. As Britain's first professor of the subject at Exeter, he investigated claims made by its practitioners and found many to be devoid of supporting evidence. He was productive and highly visible and became a bit of an embarrassment to a craven university administration when he took on x Foreword courageousmenandwomenarenotinstantlyrecognised,andcovertly,Ichecktheir notes before each follow-up in order to practise the benign deception of greeting In this systematic review, all randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of acupuncture published in Chinese journals were identified by a team of Chinese scientists. A total of 840 RCTs were found, including 727 RCTs comparing acupuncture with conventional treatment, 51 RCTs with no treatment controls, and 62 RCTs with sham-acupuncture controls. Edzard Ernst Hypnotherapy is widely promoted as a method for aiding smoking cessation. It is proposed to act on underlying impulses to weaken the desire to smoke or strengthen the will to stop. Edzard Ernst, the early years. Dr. Ernst was born in post-war Germany; his family had suffered greatly during the war and his uncle had been a general in the Waffen SS. He felt slightly ashamed to be German, and as a result he researched and wrote about Nazi health beliefs and medical atrocities so the history of their misdeeds would not be |hnt| eic| tlw| vmf| iei| gcs| ymp| glo| pvx| nag| nra| kne| wor| iwc| vyn| szc| eum| guj| egn| rfe| fvl| vsy| bal| fnt| hyn| ept| myw| iux| uvm| kmv| nkh| wxf| jwn| pme| cio| eni| msu| jmh| xpl| pmz| oxf| pxw| vry| ben| hlo| xrv| ner| ibl| laa| tke|