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Category Archives: Homeopathy
Your Annual Reminder that there is no Reason to Believe Homeopathy Can Help Your Pet
I have devoted far too much time and energy to the least plausible of alternative therapies in veterinary medicine, homeopathy. From a comprehensive literature review in 2012 to a detailed response to the best evidence the Academy of Veterinary Homeopathy … Continue reading
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Veterinary Homeopathy: Why Are We Still Talking about This?
IntroductionIn two years of writing my Veterinary Practice News column about evidence-based medicine, I have largely managed to avoid the subject of homeopathy. It is the classic example of a medical practice developed before a scientific understanding of the basic … Continue reading
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FDA Proposed Updated Regulation of Homeopathy- Time to Comment Again!
The wheels of government turn slowly, but they turn. Over the last several years, we’ve seen a number of governments around the world catch up to the science that shows homeopathy is worthless quackery. In Europe, the UK, and Australia, … Continue reading
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British Veterinary Body (RCVS) Accepts the Reality about Homeopathy that AVMA Couldn’t- It’s Nonsense!
Regular readers night remember a few years back when I was involved in promoting a non-binding policy statement from the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) that would have acknowledged a simple and obvious principle: Vets should base their treatments on … Continue reading
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European Scientists Join Chorus of Government and Scientific Organizations Acknowledging the uselessness of Homeopathy
The evidence that homeopathy is ineffective for any and all medical problems and is nothing more than a placebo has grown steadily for over a century. Many reviews of the scientific research have been done, and despite hundreds of studies, … Continue reading
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Another Systematic Review of Homeopathy and–Wait for It– Still No Good Evidence It Works!
Yet another systematic review of veterinary homeopathy has just been published, bringing the total to six. I have discussed several of these before (e.g. 1, 2). They have consistently failed to find high-quality research evidence to support homeopathy in animals, … Continue reading
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Petition Petco to Stop Selling Worthless Homeopathic Products!
I have discussed many time the evidence that homeopathy is nothing but a placebo. This has moved beyond the realm of reasonable doubt, and despite the misguided advocacy of homeopaths and some consumers, more and more governments (e.g. UK, Australia) … Continue reading
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Victory! The Federal Trade Commission Acknowledges that Homeopathy is a Placebo
Last year, two important regulatory agencies in the U.S. undertook to review their regulation of over-the-counter homeopathic remedies. The evidence is clear that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo, but it has persisted for historical and cultural reasons. As … Continue reading
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More Vets Passionately Promoting the Delusion of Homeopathy
I’ve written at length about homeopathy: the evidence that it is has no real effects; the reasons why the evidence homeopaths cite to support it isn’t convincing; and the dangerous and irresponsible things homeopaths often claim about their magic water … Continue reading
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SH#$ Homeopaths Say
I have provided many examples over the years of the ridiculous and dangerous things veterinarians practicing homeopathy say. The fact that such individuals are allowed to practice this form of witchcraft as if it were a legitimate medical approach, and … Continue reading
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