Which is the strong-pregnancy test technology-about war "pulse pregnancy", farce or Popular science?

Western medicine represents the progress of science and technology, Traditional Chinese Medicine representative of the broad and profound, then now the problem, pregnancy testing technology in the end which strong?

Recently, a Chinese Medicine pulse pregnancy test "war" in micro-blog aroused concern. Weibo celebrity, Beijing Jishuitan burns Doctor "Burns Superman Po" launched a challenge, is willing to pay 50,000, with a random blind method to determine the accuracy of TCM pulse diagnosis can exceed 80%. Since then, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Teachers Yang Yi Challenge.

The reporter was informed that the two sides initially formed a "pulse diagnosis and pregnancy test" of the experimental draft, but also to discuss the details. The two sides will recruit 32 women of childbearing age as testers to evaluate the accuracy of "pulse pregnancy test".

"Challenge content: Traditional Chinese medicine pulse diagnosis Pregnancy or not, random blind method test." The accuracy rate exceeds 80% to win. "Last month, Beijing Jishuitan burns Doctor" Burns Superman Po "released" A treasure Challenge TCM pulse Diagnosis Master Notice, said the national three hospitals Deputy high and above the title of Chinese medicine can participate in his "challenge."

As Sina Weibo celebrity, Popular science people, "Burns Superman" has more than 320,000 fans. Earlier, he was concerned about the approval of Chinese medicine and the publication of "Oral collagen supplements are all deceptive" ideas.

Bao in micro Bo said that the "challenge", the Chinese side if the victory, PO will provide a bonus of 50,000 yuan and "lifelong not to call Chinese medicine for pseudoscience", while welcoming the "science-loving tyrants" to increase bonuses. At present, the "challenge" bonus has been under the sponsorship of some netizens to 100,000 yuan.

Since then, BUCM prescription study teacher "Chinese Medicine Yang Yi" put forward to confront. Yesterday, Bao said he had commissioned senior media Wang Zhian to handle the matter.

The other Eve, Yang Yi has published in the Micro-blog "On the Pulse of pregnancy test" project implementation of the memorandum "Long microblog." He said he hopes to demonstrate the basic skills of pulse diagnosis and to demonstrate the reliability of a certain condition for the diagnosis of pregnancy by accepting the challenge.

According to the current program, the test will be designed with a randomized, single blind design, initially with 32 women of childbearing age assisting in the test. During the test, Yang Yi did not understand the pregnancy status of women of childbearing age (participants), nor did they understand the proportion of pregnant females in the test. Yang Yi and the participants with a cloth curtain occlusion, Yang Yi doctor can not see the face, body size and any other relevant information, only according to their own pulse results to judge the pregnancy situation of the participants.

Finally, by comparing the accuracy of pulse diagnosis with the positive rate of urinary test hCG, the veracity of pulse pregnancy test was evaluated to 80%.

In this respect, PO's principal Wang Zhian to Yang Yi Attitude said "point of praise." He said the details will also be asked to study the relevant people. It is reported that the implementation of the program will also be security, law, ethics and other aspects of the explanation.

"Under the limited condition, the accuracy rate can reach 80%." Yesterday, Yang Yi said, "Pulse diagnosis of pregnancy is the basic knowledge of TCM diagnostics teaching." He admits that "pulse pregnancy test" needs to eliminate false positives, the accuracy rate can not reach 100%.

Yang Yi admits that his participation in the challenge is "more cynical." Hope that the challenge can be standardized, objective, "I am not afraid of challenges." ”

The basic image of a doctor is steady and rational, whether it's a career requirement or the impression of most people. Now, the doctor unexpectedly played "micro-blog about war", also gave a huge reward, it seems a bit unexpected, even "do not work", as a show hype suspicion.