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January 14, 2018
Where’s the harm in hype?
Where’s the harm in hype? By Peter A. Jenkins I recently came across an article on the ‘Science-Based Medicine‘ website, and in it I found the following statement relating to the often-large disconnect between the evidence and the marketing claims in read more
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The role of coherence in laser phototherapy
The role of coherence in laser phototherapy By Tomas Hode, PhD Introduction The importance of coherence and laser speckles in LPT has been discussed over the last 30 years. Coherence [1] is often defined as a property of wave-like states read more
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Laser acupuncture – to be or not to be?
Laser acupuncture – to be or not to be? By Jan Tunér A comment on: Hu WL, Chang CH, Hung YC, Tseng YJ, Hung IL, Hsu SF. Laser acupuncture therapy in patients with treatment-resistant temporomandibular disorders. PLoS One. 2014 Oct read more
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Statistics or be damned – about PBM and aphthous ulcers
Statistics or be damned – about PBM and aphthous ulcers By Jan Tunér A few years ago I and my Cuban friends performed a clinical study on the effect of PBM on aphthous ulcers. The paper was submitted to a read more
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PBM/LLLT in mainstream medicine
PBM/LLLT in mainstream medicine By Jan Tunér The acceptance of PBM is progressing but at a slow rate. This is partly due to lack of knowledge about the optimal parameters and quality problems in the PBM literature. Still, things are read more
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Watching the Quack Watchers…
Watching the quack watchers By Jan Tunér The web site Device Watch has the laudable motto “Your guide to questionable medical devices”. Certainly, there is a need for such a site and most probably the majority of recommendations are well read more
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To pulse or not to pulse, that is the question…
To pulse or not to pulse, that is the question By Jan Tunér The question of pulsing therapeutic light is not resolved and still rather controversial. This article is an edited version of a chapter in the 2014 book “Laser read more
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