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Articles related to homeopathy
The Bitter Pill:
When ARTG and CAM Spell SFA
Recent moves to improve the regulation of alternative medicines looked promising until the Therapeutic Goods Administration caved under pressure from the industry. |
The Bitter Pill:
Homeopathy Fails the Test – Again
The National Health and Medical Research Council has found that homeopathy is no better than a placebo. It is one of many such findings around the world, but will it change anything? |
The Bitter Pill:
US Mandates “No Evidence” Labels for Homeopathic Products
Before advocates of science get too excited, though, a number of caveats may limit its effect. |
Expert Opinion:
Should Doctors Recommend Homeopathy?
A debate in the British Medical Journal has argued about whether the report into the evidence for homeopathy by Australia’s NHMRC omitted key pieces of evidence. |
Naked Skeptic:
A Close Run Thing at the Chemist
The engagement of pharmacy and pseudoscience was broken before they could get to the altar, but it would have been a one-sided marriage anyway. |
Naked Skeptic:
Homeopathy Watered Down?
Homeopaths are worried by changes to British and Dutch legislation, with Australia also under review. |
Naked Skeptic:
What Science Isn’t
Scientific credibility requires more than a white coat, a laboratory and machines that go “ping”. |
Naked Skeptic:
If It’s Too Good to Be True...
Despite the NHMRC’s findings on homeopathy and the death of a “wellness warrior”, there is little critical evaluation of health claims by the mainstream media. |
Naked Skeptic:
Why Did the Dog Go “Quack”?
People who reject evidence-based medicine also subject their pets to veterinary quackery. |
Naked Skeptic:
Irregular Regulation
A caustic paste can dissolve the authority of regulators more effectively than its purported use against cancer cells. |
Online Feature:
No evidence homeopathy is effective: NHMRC review
An NHMRC review concludes that there is no reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective. |