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Category Archives: Homeopathy
Pox Parties for Dogs: Brought to You by Veterinary Homeopaths
When I first heard of Pox Parties, I found it amazing, and frightening, that people actually fear vaccines so much that they will deliberately expose their children to infectious disease to avoid them. Such parents take their children to play … Continue reading
Posted in Homeopathy, Vaccines
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Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Review Concludes Homeopathy Doesn’t Work
When I reviewed the case against homeopathy as part of the debate over the AVMA resolution to acknowledge it as a placebo therapy, there were many previous reviews to refer to. In addition to the numerous systematic reviews of the … Continue reading
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Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy Doesn’t Like Criticism–Except Their Own
During the discussion about the AVMA resolution identifying homeopathy as ineffective, defenders of homeopathy were adament that it would be unfair of the AVMA to single out their methods for criticism. I wonder if the House of Delegates was aware … Continue reading
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AVMA Homeopathy Resolution Defeated-Politics Trumps Science Yet Again
In a shock to no one, the resolution before the American Veterinary Medical Association House of Delegates acknowledging homeopathy is ineffective was defeated by a wide margin. Sources say the vote was 90% against the resolution despite the report of … Continue reading
Posted in Homeopathy, Law, Regulation, and Politics
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The Ethical Case Against Homeopathy
Veterinary homeopaths like to present their efforts as beneficient and morally sound. They claim they are providing a needed service and that denying homeopathy to patients would be denying every chance at health and denying their owners freedom to choose … Continue reading
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AVMA Leadership Fears Slippery Slope if Homeopathy is Publically Identified as Ineffective
The leadership of the American Veterinary Medical Asociation (AVMA) has recommended the House of Delegates (HoD) reject a resolution discouraging the use of ineffective therapies and identifying homeopathy as ineffective. While not disputing that there is no clinical evidence to … Continue reading
Posted in Homeopathy, Law, Regulation, and Politics
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American Veterinary Medical Association Admits Homeopathy is Useless, But Doesn’t Care
About a year ago the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Association introduced a resolution to the American Veterinary Medical Association House of Delegates recommending the AVMA acknowledge that homeopathy is an ineffective therapy and discourage its use. This resolution was supported by … Continue reading
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Another Reminder of the Real Dangers of Veterinary Homeopathy
The biggest danger of homeopathy is not, of course, the remedies themselves, which are nothing more than placebos in most cases. The real danger is that many homeopaths have the delusion that their therapies can replace real medical care, and … Continue reading
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When Homeopathy Becomes Truly Dangerous
I have often written about homeopathy, not because it is a particularly popular or important therapy (only about 3.5% of Americans, for example, report having tried it) but because it is one of the clearest and most egregious examples of … Continue reading
Posted in Homeopathy
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FDA Warns Homeopathy Manufacturer Hyland to Stop Mislabeling its Products
I’ve written previously about the official regulation of homeopathy by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The bottom line is that homeopathy was exempted from the standards of proof for safety and efficacy required of all other medications regulated by … Continue reading
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