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[31 Aug 2009 | Comments Off | ]

Homeopathy is a waste of time, effort and money. It kills. Even the World Health Organization has issued a statement regarding the utter lack of evidence. A BBC piece summarizes their stand. Unfortunately, in an effort to maintain “balance” they also get statements from Paula Ross the chief executive of the Society of Homeopaths who ladles out a crock of shit regarding the “evidence” of homeopathy helping childhood diarrhea. See “Analysis of homeopathic treatment of childhood diarrhea. “ (critique of article appearing in ‘Pediatrics,’ …

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[16 Jun 2009 | Comments Off | ]

Here is a very good article on the utter sham that is Homeopathy at Neurologicablog. I wish we could stamp out these snake oil charlatans. It’s even worse when their cures, or more precisely the lack of them, end up killing people.