Eli5: how are treatments like acupuncture, kinetic tape and homeopathy still a thing, if scientific studies disproving their effectiveness are publicly available to everyone and doctors?

Question

Eli5: how are treatments like acupuncture, kinetic tape and homeopathy still a thing, if scientific studies disproving their effectiveness are publicly available to everyone and doctors?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Some people have bad experiences with mainstream medicine – maybe because there’s no good mainstream (or possibly any) treatment for what ails them, maybe they’ve seen a few jerky or disrespectful doctors, maybe they’ve had bad side effects to pharmaceuticals, or whatever else, and they’re looking for something else, for anything to help them.