Electroacupuncture research 



""It's hard to carry out placebo-type trials because you can't really pretend to be sticking needles in people.""

I recall news stories on some research on electroacupunture that seemed to get beyond this difficulty? One is linked above (note:I am not a proponent of acupunture, and have never been subjected to it- just research-curious on the value of the procedure, versus the potential perceived benefit).