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If you live in the UK, you cannot possibly have missed the Jason Arday saga. It is headline news since days. If you live elsewhere, you might be interested in a story that sounds like a masterclass in how one nowadays can ascend the ivory towers of academia. All you need to do, it seems, […]

Acupuncture is commonly used and generally regarded as safe; however, pneumothorax remains one of its most important mechanical complications, particularly when needling is performed over thoracic and upper-back sites. This paper presents the case of a 30-year-old man who developed immediate pleuritic chest pain, chest tightness, and dyspnoea after acupuncture to the upper ba...

Not many people know that I am also an Austrian. When, in 1990, I became a professor of the Vienna Medical School, I had to take Austrian citzenship (without giving up my German passport). At the time, only Austrians were allowed in such positions. Ever since I have taken an interest in Austia, particularly in […]

The effectiveness of acupuncture for cancer-related fatigue (CRF) in breast cancer survivors (BCS) remains inconsistent, warranting large pragmatic randomized clinical trials (RCTs). The AcuBreast trial was a pragmatic, two-arm RCT comparing acupuncture (A) plus usual care (B) versus usual care alone (B) – A+B versus B. Inclusion criteria required CRF lasting 6 months post-tr...

I have published many articles in medical journals, and I honestly don’t remember ever paying for the pleasure. But times have changed! Medical publishing has become a multi-billion‑dollar industry whose profitability depends on extracting value from the very people it claims to serve! In journalism, art or book publishing, creators must be paid for their […]