With thanks to Ian Quinn at Pulse Today 26.7.10
In its response to a report from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, which issued a damning verdict on the practice and called for GPs to be barred from referring patients under the NHS, the Department of Heath said it would not be stepping in – despite MPs’ concerns over the lack of evidence and regulation of homeopathic treatments. Read the rest of this entry »
*Homeopathy as replacement to antibiotics in the case of Escherichia coli diarrhoea in neonatal piglets. Camerlink I, Ellinger L, Bakker EJ, Lantinga EA (2010). Homeopathy, 99; 57–62.
The overuse of antibiotics in poultry, beef cattle and swine production poses a serious threat to human health, animal health and the environment. Sustainable alternatives to antibiotics are desperately needed.
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Characteristics of cancer patients using homeopathy compared with those in conventional care: a cross-sectional study. Guethlin C, Walach H, Naumann J, Bartsch HH, Rostock M. Institute for General Practice, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Ann Oncol. 2010 May;21(5):1094-9.
Homeopathic treatment is sought by cancer patients at a different phase during the course of the disease, which has particular implications for research. However, expectancies toward the benefit of the treatment as well as QoL data are similar.
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Decreased Intensity of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Infection in Chick Chorioallantoic Membrane Under Influence of Ultradiluted Belladonna Extract. American Journal of Infectious Diseases 6 (2): 24-28, 2010.
The homeopathic remedy Belladonna is effective in preventing Japanese Encephalitis (JE), says a recent study conducted by the Department of Microbiology at the School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata, the Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology at the School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata, the University of Health Sciences in Kolkata, the Department of Pathology and Microbiology in West Bengal, in collaboration with the the Drug Proving Research Centre of the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy (CCRH), and the Government of India in Kolkata, and the Department of AYUSH Ministry of Health in New Delhi.
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Jun 22
With thanks to The Peninsula 22.6.2010:
A proposal to open up the Qatari healthcare sector to include internationally approved branches of alternative medicine has been pending for long. A clear decision on this issue can be expected very soon, a senior SCH official said yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
Ludtke R, Rutten AL. The conclusions on the effectiveness of homeopathy highly depend on the set of analyzed trials. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2008, 61(12):1197-204. [PubMed abstract]
Rutten AL, Stolper CF. The 2005 meta-analysis of homeopathy: the importance of post-publication data. Homeopathy. 2008, 97(4):169-77. [PubMed abstract]
Based on all high-quality studies, homeopathy had a significant effect beyond placebo…. Shang’s results and conclusions are less definite than had been presented.
Homeopathic drugs Natrum sulphuricum and Carcinosin prevent azo dye-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice. Nandini Bhattacharjee, Pathikrit Banerjee and Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhshh. Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics’, Vol-46, August 2009, PP. 307-318.
The study was undertaken to examine whether Carcinosin-200 (Car-200) could provide additional ameliorative effect, if used intermittently with Natrum sulphuricum-30 (Nat sulph-30) against hepatocarcinogenesis induced by chronic feeding of p-dimethylaminoazobenzene (p-DAB) and phenobarbital (PB) in mice (Mus musculus).
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Encapsulated plant extract (Gelsemium sempervirens) poly (lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles enhance cellular uptake and increase bioactivity in vitro. Bhattacharyya SS, Paul S, Khuda-Bukhsh AR. Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani-741235, West Bengal, India. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2010 Jun 1;235(6):678-88.
Ethanolic extract of Gelsemium sempervirens (family: Loganiaceae), henceforth to be called EEGS, is used in various traditional systems of medicine.
In homeopathy, EEGS is known as mother tincture of G. sempervirens, which is generally used to treat pain and respiratory ailments.
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Jun 3
The IMCO scheme as a tool in developing team-based treatment for people with multiple sclerosis. Launsø L, Skovgaard L. The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society, Copenhagen, Denmark. J Altern Complement Med. 2008 Jan-Feb;14(1):69-77.
BACKGROUND: The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society (a patient organization) has initiated a research-based bridge-building and integrative treatment project to take place from 2004 to 2010 at a specialized MS hospital.
The background for initiating the project was an increasing use of alternative treatment documented among persons with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). From PwMS there has been an increasing demand upon The Danish Multiple Sclerosis Society to initiate the project.
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