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Category Archives: Homeopathy
The Science of Homeopathy?
Promoters of alternative medicine, especially the more wacky fringe varieties, have a love/hate relationship with science. On the one hand, science often fails to support their theories or claims of clinical effect, so they are inclined to dismiss it. “Allopathic” … Continue reading
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Another Homeopathy Study: Mastitis in Dairy Cows
Science is ultimately an epistemological enterprise. The purpose of scientific research is to understand how things work, often with the goal of influencing them. Clinical trials in medicine aim to confirm or disprove hypotheses about diseases or medical therapies. However, … Continue reading
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Eureka! Latest Breakthrough in Homeopathy!
At last, I’ve figured out how to get rich and cure every disease. Writing about homeopathy yesterday got me to thinking. There is a plethora of potential homeopathic remedies not available or used by either conventional medicine or advocates of … Continue reading
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Care and Use of Homeopathic Remedies
It always feels a little cruel to poke fun at homeopathy since it is perilously close to self-parody already, particularly the serious and earnest way in which proponents say absurd things. As a refresher, the idea is based on a … Continue reading
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Oh No! A Homeopathic Bomb!
The deadly New Age terrorists threaten the security of the world with the ultimate Weapon of Mass Dilution: A Homeopathic Bomb. As this terrifying expose tells us, “A homeopathic attack could bring entire cities to a standstill…Large numbers of people … Continue reading
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Homeopathy Works for Arthritis–Or Maybe Not
I recently ran across an article in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM) titled Evaluating Complementary Therapies for Canine Osteoarthritis–Part II: A homeopathic Combination Preparation (Zeel) (Hielm-Bjorkman, A et al 2009:6(4)465-471). According to the authors, “a homeopathic combination … Continue reading
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Dara O’Briain- Humorous Skewering of Homeopathy and “Nutritionists”
Dara O’Briain is an Irish comedian who often takes a skeptical view of things. This brief video offers a refreshingly frank take on homeopathy and nutritional woo. Be warned, though, that it also contains a good bit of profanity.
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WHO- Homeopathy Not Appropriate for Serious Disease
The World Health Organization is, like most UN entities, is a highly political creature. It tries to promote health in a bewildering variety of political, economic, and physical environments, and I give it full credit for what it manages to … Continue reading
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Veterinary Homeopathy
What is it? Homeopathy was invented in the late 18th and early 19th century by Samuel Hahnemann. While there is some variations in specific homeopathic practices, the fundamental system invented by Hahnemann is still the basis for modern homeopathy. … Continue reading
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