Canova medication modifies parasitological parameters in mice infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. Pupulin AR, Marques-Araujo S, Toledo MJ, Gomes ML, Takejima E, Cuman RK, Bersani-Amado CA. Laboratory of Parasitology, Department of Clinical Analysis, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, State University of Maringá-PR, Brazil. Exp Parasitol. 2010 Apr 27.
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Homeopathic treatment of patients with migraine: a prospective observational study with a 2-year follow-up period. Witt CM, Lüdtke R, Willich SN. Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité University Medical Center, Berlin, Germany. J Altern Complement Med. 2010 Apr;16(4):347-55.
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With thanks to National Centre for Homeopathy 23.4.10:
Volunteers for Homeopaths Without Borders-North America (HWB) conducted their second successful emergency response clinic in Port Au Prince March 23-30.
Working out of tents on the grounds of the Hopital Francais d’Haiti, Sushila Lalsingh, executive director of Homeopaths Without Borders, Lauri Grossman, Helen Hardinge Field, Robin Murphy and Andrew Lustig, all experienced homeopathic practitioners, treated approximately 500 patients each day. Read the rest of this entry »
With thanks to The Huffington Post and Dana Ullman30.4.10:
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was once asked by a reporter what he thought about western civilization, and in light of the uncivilized treatment by the British government of his nonviolent actions, he immediately replied, “Western civilization? Yes, it is a good idea.”
Likewise, if he were asked what he thought about “scientific medicine,” he would probably have replied in a similar manner. (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a staunch advocate of homeopathy), Read the rest of this entry »
Apr 26
Dose-effect study of Gelsemium sempervirens in high dilutions on anxiety-related responses in mice. Magnani P, Conforti A, Zanolin E, Marzotto M, Bellavite P. Dipartimento di Patologia, Università di Verona, Strada Le Grazie, 37134, Verona, Italy. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2010 Apr 20.
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With thanks to Dana Ullman in the Huffington Post 20.4.2010:
Doctors today commonly assert that they practice “scientific medicine,” and patients think that the medical treatments they receive are “scientifically proven.” However, this ideal is a dream, not reality, and a clever and profitable marketing ruse, not fact. Read the rest of this entry »
With thanks to Lionel Milgrom PhD:
Introducing some concepts
First it is necessary to make a clear distinction between science and scientism. The former might be defined as a continuing effort to increase human knowledge and understanding through observation (with the important proviso that in spite of its more outlandish proposals, post-modernism still serves to warn that objectivity in observation is always conditioned by expectations and past experiences; regardless of the ‘rigour’ of the science). Scientism, on the other hand, [1] is the totally unscientific belief that:-
· Only scientific knowledge is real knowledge:
· There is no rational, objective form of inquiry that is not a branch of science:
· Science is the absolute and only justifiable access to truth. Read the rest of this entry »
The Plural of Denial is not Science – see Carboy Olce’s defence of homeopathy
Medicinal Systems of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Survey at a Pediatric Emergency Department. Zuzak TJ, Zuzak-Siegrist I, Rist L, Staubli G, Simões-Wüst AP. Department of Pediatric Oncology and Haematology, University Children’s Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany . J Altern Complement Med. 2010 Apr 8.
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