Homeopathy Cured My Cancer
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFm4uCxbMU0&fea...
FFS, this woman must be certifiable. I'm all for homeopathy being used as an effective placebo, but actually claiming it works is ridiculous.
FFS, this woman must be certifiable. I'm all for homeopathy being used as an effective placebo, but actually claiming it works is ridiculous.
Silent1 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFm4uCxbMU0&fea...
FFS, this woman must be certifiable. I'm all for homeopathy being used as an effective placebo, but actually claiming it works is ridiculous.
What an idiot. Probably giving false hope to a few desperate people too. FFS, this woman must be certifiable. I'm all for homeopathy being used as an effective placebo, but actually claiming it works is ridiculous.
http://www.badscience.net/
Is a good read it's written by Dr Ben Goldacre and he's been up to the select committee on homeopathy quite a few times explaining it's rubbish and it seems the MPs have listened to him and are making the right moves to stop it.
Is a good read it's written by Dr Ben Goldacre and he's been up to the select committee on homeopathy quite a few times explaining it's rubbish and it seems the MPs have listened to him and are making the right moves to stop it.
Silent1 said:
http://www.badscience.net/
Is a good read it's written by Dr Ben Goldacre and he's been up to the select committee on homeopathy quite a few times explaining it's rubbish and it seems the MPs have listened to him and are making the right moves to stop it.
Good read.Is a good read it's written by Dr Ben Goldacre and he's been up to the select committee on homeopathy quite a few times explaining it's rubbish and it seems the MPs have listened to him and are making the right moves to stop it.
But I have gone off him - he is a strong MMGW believer. Odd really.
johnfm said:
Silent1 said:
http://www.badscience.net/
Is a good read it's written by Dr Ben Goldacre and he's been up to the select committee on homeopathy quite a few times explaining it's rubbish and it seems the MPs have listened to him and are making the right moves to stop it.
Good read.Is a good read it's written by Dr Ben Goldacre and he's been up to the select committee on homeopathy quite a few times explaining it's rubbish and it seems the MPs have listened to him and are making the right moves to stop it.
But I have gone off him - he is a strong MMGW believer. Odd really.
Blue Meanie said:
This lady had all the conventional treatment...
It's like those products that claim to reduce your weight:Kebabs! Eating one large kebab a day can reduce your weight when eaten as part of a healthy lifestyle! (Namely, by not eating for the rest of the day and going on a 50km run.)
Have to say I a massive cynic about this kind of stuff.
However Homeopathy worked wonders for my wife during pregnancy. She had something called Hyper Emesis which is a really extreme form of morning sickness (she could hardly eat or drink anything without being sick) and can often carry on for the full term. The only conventional medicine that worked was when she was hospitalised and given medication through IV means....obviously staying in hospital for nine months was not something my wife wanted to do.
Anyway out of desperation for a more manageable solution she went to see a Homeopath who prescribed some medication....three days later she was absolutely fine.
However Homeopathy worked wonders for my wife during pregnancy. She had something called Hyper Emesis which is a really extreme form of morning sickness (she could hardly eat or drink anything without being sick) and can often carry on for the full term. The only conventional medicine that worked was when she was hospitalised and given medication through IV means....obviously staying in hospital for nine months was not something my wife wanted to do.
Anyway out of desperation for a more manageable solution she went to see a Homeopath who prescribed some medication....three days later she was absolutely fine.
Beardy10 said:
Have to say I a massive cynic about this kind of stuff.
However Homeopathy worked wonders for my wife during pregnancy. She had something called Hyper Emesis which is a really extreme form of morning sickness (she could hardly eat or drink anything without being sick) and can often carry on for the full term. The only conventional medicine that worked was when she was hospitalised and given medication through IV means....obviously staying in hospital for nine months was not something my wife wanted to do.
Anyway out of desperation for a more manageable solution she went to see a Homeopath who prescribed some medication....three days later she was absolutely fine.
Psychological issues causing the vomiting then? However Homeopathy worked wonders for my wife during pregnancy. She had something called Hyper Emesis which is a really extreme form of morning sickness (she could hardly eat or drink anything without being sick) and can often carry on for the full term. The only conventional medicine that worked was when she was hospitalised and given medication through IV means....obviously staying in hospital for nine months was not something my wife wanted to do.
Anyway out of desperation for a more manageable solution she went to see a Homeopath who prescribed some medication....three days later she was absolutely fine.
Blue Meanie said:
Beardy10 said:
Have to say I a massive cynic about this kind of stuff.
However Homeopathy worked wonders for my wife during pregnancy. She had something called Hyper Emesis which is a really extreme form of morning sickness (she could hardly eat or drink anything without being sick) and can often carry on for the full term. The only conventional medicine that worked was when she was hospitalised and given medication through IV means....obviously staying in hospital for nine months was not something my wife wanted to do.
Anyway out of desperation for a more manageable solution she went to see a Homeopath who prescribed some medication....three days later she was absolutely fine.
Psychological issues causing the vomiting then? However Homeopathy worked wonders for my wife during pregnancy. She had something called Hyper Emesis which is a really extreme form of morning sickness (she could hardly eat or drink anything without being sick) and can often carry on for the full term. The only conventional medicine that worked was when she was hospitalised and given medication through IV means....obviously staying in hospital for nine months was not something my wife wanted to do.
Anyway out of desperation for a more manageable solution she went to see a Homeopath who prescribed some medication....three days later she was absolutely fine.
k what they say? Get rid of homeopathy, and doctors will still just prescribe placebos in other forms. Homeopathy will simply go on being a private business, where idiots are fleeced. 
Fing is, if a doc gives someone a pill to cure them and says "This is a placebo, it doesn't have any real effects on your illness." then it isn't going to be very effective. However, if a doc says, "Try this homeopathy pill. It's been proven to work." then the job will be done. So is it such a waste of money?
wiki said:
Hahnemann advocated 30C dilutions for most purposes (that is, dilution by a factor of 10 to the power 60). In Hahnemann's time it was reasonable to assume that remedies could be diluted indefinitely, as the concept of the atom or molecule as the smallest possible unit of a chemical substance was just beginning to be recognized. We now know that the greatest dilution that is reasonably likely to contain one molecule of the original substance is 12C.
So beyond the 12C 'strength' of the bloody medicine (and you pay more for stronger tabs), there is unlikely to be a single molecule of whatever 'active' substance was there in the first place.
The problem with all of the homepathy arguments is that they all centre around anecdotal based evidence which isn't statistically significant (i.e. my mate tried it and got better). The fact of the matter is that in CLINICAL trials homeopathy performs no better than a placebo and therefore should be described as such.
sagt550 said:
The problem with all of the homepathy arguments is that they all centre around anecdotal based evidence which isn't statistically significant (i.e. my mate tried it and got better). The fact of the matter is that in CLINICAL trials homeopathy performs no better than a placebo and therefore should be described as such.
That is what it is being prescribed as. You don't tell people it;s a placebo, and calling it Homeopathy is probably quite convenient.Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff