Sentences with phrase «percent of sham»

Almost 38 percent of electroacupuncture patients reported three or more bowel movements a week, on average, during the study's 12 - week follow - up period, compared to 14 percent of sham therapy patients.

Not exact matches

Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, the man best known for running (through an odd twist of fate / NYS Election Law) as Carl Paladino's No. 2 in 2010, is now trying to change Albany from the outside, urging his local Legislature to reject the «sham» 2 percent property tax cap champhioned by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

An average 82 percent lower level of indoor fine particulate matter with air purifiers versus sham purifiers.

During the active stimulation at the three highest levels, 64 percent of people had a reduction in their pain by at least 50 percent two hours after the treatment, compared to 26 percent of people during the sham stimulation.

For those who started with moderate to severe pain, their pain was reduced to mild or no pain in 58 percent of people at the highest level of stimulation, compared to 24 percent of those during the sham stimulation.

In the same group, 30 percent said they had no pain after receiving the highest level of stimulation, compared to 6 percent of those receiving the sham stimulation.

Compared to its sham version, electroacupuncture produced a 25 percent greater reduction in HFCS, suggesting that it really could work better — though the modest size of the study precluded a statistically definitive conclusion.

To quantify the difference, a 2013 meta - analysis looked at placebo effects in 79 studies of migraine prevention: sugar pills reduced headache frequency for 22 percent of patients, fake acupuncture helped 38 percent, and sham surgery was a hit for a remarkable 58 percent.

Thirty - eight percent of the patients who used the real device had no pain two hours later, compared to 22 % of those who used the sham device; they also showed greater pain relief 24 and 48 hours later.

If you will not make any conclusion unless someone can show accurate projections for 100 years that are within a few percent of reality then you are unconvincible (since that will never occur) and thus your claim to open - mindedness on this issue is a sham.