252: The Science of Chronic Fatigue & Ear Seeds

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Dragons' Den promoted a purported "cure" to ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but are these Ear Seeds pseduoscience or a super-cure?
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References and Further Reading
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nomanazish/2022/11/26/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ear-seeding/?sh=12302f8452af
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56482374
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/24/doctors-complain-to-bbc-over-dragons-den-contestants-claim-to-have-cured-me
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-68097756
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532287/
https://www.britannica.com/science/acupuncture
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/acupuncture/
https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/acupuncture-what-you-need-to-know
https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-067475
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-cfs/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557676/
https://www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj.q204.full