ON MAY 29th Edzard Ernst, the world’s first professor of complementary medicine, will step down after 18 years in his post at the Peninsula Medical School, in south-west England.

5月29日，作为世界首位互补性医学专家---艾德撒.恩斯特（Edzard Ernst）将从位于英国西北部的半岛医学院退休，他在这里曾效力了18年。

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ON MAY 29th Edzard Ernst, the world's first professor of complementary medicine, will step down after 18 years in his post at the Peninsula Medical School, in south-west England.

5月29日，作为世界首位互补性医学专家艾德撒。恩斯特将从位于英国西北部的半岛医学院退休，他在这里曾效力了18年。

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Edzard Ernst, Professor of Complementary Medicine at Exeter University, says it is well known that alternative therapies can have side effects, especially in vulnerable groups like children.

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Professor Edzard Ernst, professor of complementary medicine at Peninsula Medical School in Exeter and a vocal critic of homeopathy, said the huge drop in prescribing reflected a shift in attitude within the medical profession.

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But the study's authors, Professor Edzard Ernst and Dr Max Pittler from the University of Exeter warned that more research needs to be done to establish whether acupuncture or conventional pain relief methods were more effective.

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