Homeopathy
UCL HOMEOPATHIC DEBATE
The Debating Society of University College London met last night. The motion was: This House would stop the funding of homeopathy on the NHS. The result was close but a heart-warming win for the supporters of NHS homeopathy. For the Motion: 71 Against the Motion: 78 Abstentions: 41 This was most heartening as there were [...] Read more »
The Lost Art of Medicine?
Doctors apparently are neglecting to examine their patients in favour of ordering tests. This is a tragedy for medicine and must be remedied as Dr. Abraham Verghes points out in an article in the New York Times
Ed and Liz continue their conversation. Episode 2. Read more »
Homeopathy, Science, Scientism and Democracy
The attack on NHS homeopathy in this author’s opinion is an assault on liberty and democracy. I have made a small cartoon in order to make this point, illustrating the difference between science and scientism. The main point is that while medicine does need to be informed by science, it does not need to be fulfil the personal needs and beliefs of scientists. Read more »
NHS HOMEOPATHY: The Aftermath and the Whingeing
Critics of NHS homeopathy are livid about the Government’s decision to back NHS homeopathy and will probably regroup and attack again. They cannot understand how democracy has trumped their scientism but democracy is democracy. Read more »
It’s Official! British Government backs NHS Homeopathy
Government officially backs the provision of NHS homeopathy Read more »
I Salute Dr James Le Fanu
In today’s Daily Telegraph, in his Doctor’s Diary, Dr James Le Fanu expresses suspicion of the motives of homeopathy’s vociferous detractors in the United Kingdom. In a few simple sentences he exposes the tirade against NHS homeopathy as being disingenuous and certainly not in the interests of the people of this country. I salute this [...] Read more »
Baum, Ernst, me and the American Journal of Medicine
Post about a correspondence between me, Ernst and Baum about an article, highly critical of homeopathy and including a misleading reference to me, published in the American Journal of Medicine. Read more »
The Pie Man is Corrected!
According to the BMJ’s Clinical Evidence, the proportion of medical interventions that are evidence-based has fallen from 13% to 11% while those of ‘Unknown Benefit’ have increased from 4 Read more »
“Homeopathy is Witchcraft.” Should Homeopaths now be burnt at the stake?
Inane attacks on homeopathy deserve provocative ripostes. The attack on homeopathy is an insult to democracy and liberty. Read more »
Vodcast: What exactly is Homeopathy?
This Sunday at 10am I’ll be giving a lecture called Defending Homeopathy in the 21st Century for the Homeopathic Medical Association. There is no doubt that homeopathy needs defending in the UK at the moment as the attacks on it, while lacking innovation, have been relentless and vicious with little space granted to us in [...] Read more »
