homeopathy

France to stop reimbursing homeopathic treatments

The reason is pretty simple: there's no evidence that it works.

Homeopathy is ineffective against children's cold and flu

Captain Obvious to the rescue!

CDC: Homeopathic "healing bracelet" dramatically increases lead levels in babies' blood

You know how you call alternative medicine that works? Medicine.

British National Health Service (NHS) to stop prescribing homeopathy, other "low value" treatments

There's some good news, and some bad news.

Guess what? Homeopathy doesn't work on cows, either

I wish people would stop trying to milk homeopathy already.

Homeopathic products will be labeled as bogus unless there's scientific proof that they work

Maybe they'll wiggle out of it by printing with ink diluted 1000 times to make it more effective.

Completely useless: Homeopathy no better than placebo, study confirms

While there is a full scientific consensus that homeopathy is a pseudoscience many people still believe in it.

Homeopathy conference ends in chaos after everyone gets high on hallucinogenic drug

Almost 30 delegates were rushed to a hospital in Germany, suffering from hallucinations and cramps. The "alternative medicine conference" went astray when delegates took a hallucinogenic drug somewhat related to LSD (2C-E - Aquarust in Germany).

Homeopathy doesn't treat any health condition, most comprehensive study to date finds

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Australia's top medical research body, found that homeopathy does improve or alleviate any medical condition after systematically studying 225 research papers on homeopathy. While it's true some people might feel better after a so-called homeopathic treatment, the researchers conclude that these benefits are no better than ingesting a sugar pill - a placebo.

New Zealand MP demoted after suggesting homeopathy use in Ebola fight

Green MP Steffan Browning was slammed by the public opinion and has subsequently been stripped of one of his portfolios after he suggested fighting Ebola with homeopathy. I have to admit, I couldn’t help a chuckle on finding this out. I mean, the fact that a Member of the Parliament of a developed country suggests […]

Everything you wanted to know about homeopathy but never asked

Last week we described a study which concluded that homeopathy is nothing more than a placebo effect — it was just one of the many scientific studies which found the same thing. But many people swear by homeopathy and, judging from what’s happening in the comment section and our inbox, they feel very strongly about it. So […]

Homeopathy = placebo, extensive study concludes

Homeopathy is bust, it doesn’t really do anything, it’s just a make-believe treatment. Why do I have to write another article debunking it? Well, because people still buy it. People are still tricked by non-medics non-scientists into using “treatments” which are just a placebo. Homeopathy lacks biological plausibility and the axioms of homeopathy have been refuted for […]