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GPs say wacky alternatives such as homeopathy AREN’T hokum
The Daily Mail has interviewed six GPs who also use alternative therapy as part of their practice. Dr Tim Robinson tells how he came to use homeopathy and says, “Sceptics say science cannot explain homeopathy, and therefore scientists should not support it. But I’ve seen that homeopathy can be extremely effective in many conditions, such…
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Jimmy Wales hates homeopathy
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, wants to see the end of homeopathy (see: https://homeopathyplus.com/wikipedia-co-founder-wants-to-stop-homeopathy/). This is probably the reason why efforts to place accurate information about homeopathy on Wikipedia are always blocked. The same happens with many other complementary and alternative therapies. Now, a petition lets signatories tell Jimmy they will no longer be…
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The homeopathic cure of Wikipedia
“Wikipedia has been caught for a third time frantically producing false information about homeopathy on a shifting footnote intended to support a hypothesis that homeopathic medicine is a “placebo.”…The problem is that reviews of clinical tests of homeopathy, published in the British Medical Journal and the Lancet, among others, have all shown that the collective…
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No Evidence or Poor Methodology? The NHMRC Homeopathy Draft Report – 04/2014
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) released its revised draft document, Evidence on the Effectiveness of Homeopathy for Treating Health Conditions, on April 9th, 2014. It states, in part, “There is no reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective for treating health conditions.” The worldwide homeopathic community is both dismayed but unsurprised by this…
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Homeoprophylaxis: Study re-evaluated and results hold true
A re-evaluation of study in which homeopathy was used to protect millions of people during a leptospirosis epidemic in Cuba has just been published. It again showed that homeopathy dramatically reduced the rate of infection and should be considered for other epidemic diseases. The objectives and conclusions of the paper were: Objectives: In 2007 and…
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Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital Petition
You may remember the Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital in the UK has been under fire recently, with anti-homeopathy groups lobbying to have it closed. The petition to shut down the Glasgow hospital has now ended (after its allotted 1 year) with 2,171 votes. The petition to save it closes on 28th March, and is right now…
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Thailand Government uses homeopathy for dengue fever
The Public Health Ministry of Thailand is considering homeoprophylaxis for the whole of Thailand after the Sing Buri province reported the lowest incidence of dengue fever during a recent epidemic. The Nation says this was the result of a trial in which school children had been given the homeopathic remedy Eupatorium perfoliatum as a preventative.…
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Literary Greats for Homeopathy
A number of well-known historical authors from the UK either wrote about, or used, homeopathy. This extract tells who, when, where and why. Fascinating!
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Dengue prevention with homeopathy
Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes. Northern Queensland is currently in the middle of an outbreak. Cairns alone has reported 59 new cases since December – a number that has increased since this report. The Health department has advised a range of control strategies, but homeopathy is another option that should be considered.…
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Homeopathy for the “untreatables”
A white paper denouncing homeopathy ignited a debate last year in the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). It was quickly followed by a resolution from some, calling on the AVMA to publicly identify and discourage homeopathy as an “ineffective practice”. Thankfully, commonsense prevailed. The recent news is that AVMA delegates “quietly and overwhelming (sic)” voted…
