Should We Maintain an Open Mind about Homeopathy?
02Nov09
No.
It is considered unethical for modern medical practitioners to sink to this kind of deception that denies the patient his or her autonomy. Secondly, by opening the door to irrational medicine alongside evidence-based medicine, we are poisoning the minds of the public. Finally, if we don’t put a brake on the increasing self-confidence of the homeopathic establishment, they will cease to limit their attention to self-limiting or nonspecific maladies.
More, from Michael Baum and Edzard Ernst, writing in this month’s American Journal of Medicine, here.
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Homeopathy cures even when Conventional Allopathic Medicine (CAM) fails
I don’t think you read the article. Homeopathy cannot cure anything, as it’s an elaborate placebo system – it’s literally water. Don’t confuse correlation with causality.
Studies in support of Homeopathy published in reputed journals
1. Scientific World Journal
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17982565
2. Lancet
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9310601
3. Neuro Psycho Pharmacology
http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v27/n2/abs/1395862a.html // Bacopa Monnieri for memory
Nancy, I see you’ve posted the same response to several posts. I’ve spammed the rest.
I see the NancyBot is doing the rounds again. These links are being spammed everywhere. I wish I had the time to check them out. Hopefully tomorrow.
Dear Scott
I do not agree with article’s views. My view is>
Real is scientific homeopathy. Evidence-based modern homeopathy medicine for everyone
Nancy Malik’s been copy pasting those journal refs everywhere. Thankfully @xtaldave has put together an informative response on at the bottom of his old posterious blog: http://xtaldave.posterous.com/homeopaths-plan-mass-twitter-spam-attack
To quote:
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Wow – Nancy’s been at the old CopyPasta again. This post seems identical to a post she made on the Guardian earlier.
To address the papers.
1) Scientific World Journal – (one I’d not come across before, Impact factor 2.52)
Shockingly amateur write up. No error bars or estimates of error quoted anywhere. Look like they are measuring noise in their system to me. And besides, what exactly is the significance of testing 10^-8 AND 10^-30 simultaneously? 10^-8 + 10^-30 in this case is equal to 10^-8.
2) Lancet – This paper doesn’t really support homeopathy now does it Nancy – the paper concludes “The results of our meta-analysis are not compatible with the hypothesis that the clinical effects of homeopathy are completely due to placebo. However, we found insufficient evidence from these studies that homeopathy is clearly efficacious for any single clinical condition. Further research on homeopathy is warranted provided it is rigorous and systematic.”
Further research was conducted, and an updated version of the meta-analysis can be found http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16125589
(HINT: Not good for Homeopathy)
3) Neuro Psycho Pharmacology
Why did you post this paper? It is not even homeopathy. Patients were given actual plant extracts – “participants were given three months supply of capsules at the dosage recommended by the manufacturers (300 mg for persons under 90 kg, and 450 mg for persons over 90 kg, equivalent to 6g and 9g dried rhizome, respectively).”
I dealt with this in 5 minutes whilst cooking my dinner. Seriously Nancy, you should really give it a rest. Your ability to critically read and appraise scientific work is non-existant.”
TRIPLE-BLIND STUDIES in support of homeopathy medicine
Journal of Psychosomatic Research (Pergamon)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15016577 (2004) //Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Nancy, did you even read this study?
e·quiv·o·cal/iˈkwivəkəl/Adjective
1. Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.
2. Uncertain or questionable in nature.
130+ studies in support of homeopathy medicine published in 45+ peer-reviewed international journals
Medicines for specific disease conditions, Ultra-molecular dilutions, Structure & Memory of Water, Animal Studies, Plant Studies
http://knol.google.com/k/dr-nancy-malik-bhms/scientific-research-in-homeopathy/pocy7w49ru14/2#