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b'In the comment section of SBM Windriven used the term embracing anecdote, a description of NPR report and much of the basis of pseudo-medicine. I have said before\\xa0that one anecdote is more powerful than a dozen randomized placebo controlled double blind studies.\\nThe NPR starts with the story of Doris Keene who had chronic pain. Exactly want the pain was and how long she had it is not clear. Sciatica is mentioned, a disease that more often than not improves with time. So it would be nice to know if that were indeed the diagnosis and how long she the process, but as is so often the case with anecdotes, the important specifics are never mentioned.'