In recent weeks myself and a few others have engaged with some CAM practitioners via Twitter, and one of the things that keeps coming up is a version of the following argument:

CAM Dude: "This study supports my therapy!"
Scientists: "No it doesn't!"
CAM Dude: "Yes it does!"

And so on ad infinitum. The problem seems to come down to a lack of understanding of methodology, so in this post I'm going to walk through a study cited by "drmike001" as supporting acupuncture, and describe what they can and can't show, and what would have to be done to really support the conclusions that he wants to arrive at.