Comments on: The Future of Homeopathy in the UK http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/future-of-homeopathy-in-uk.html Experiments and Thoughts on Quackery, Health Beliefs and Pseudoscience Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:47:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: DR.Muhammad Naveed http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/future-of-homeopathy-in-uk.html#comment-14662 DR.Muhammad Naveed Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:18:46 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/08/the-future-of-homeopathy-in-the-uk.html#comment-14662 I believe future of homeopathy in thy UK is best I believe future of homeopathy in thy UK is best

]]> By: The Society of Homeopaths: Truth Matters | The Quackometer http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/future-of-homeopathy-in-uk.html#comment-9923 The Society of Homeopaths: Truth Matters | The Quackometer Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:18:36 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/08/the-future-of-homeopathy-in-the-uk.html#comment-9923 [...] handed legislation to stamp out these practices – I still believe homeopathy could just about evolve into something genuinely useful. But maybe the zeitgeist is changing. Holding dangerous beliefs, [...] [...] handed legislation to stamp out these practices – I still believe homeopathy could just about evolve into something genuinely useful. But maybe the zeitgeist is changing. Holding dangerous beliefs, [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/future-of-homeopathy-in-uk.html#comment-6886 Anonymous Sat, 18 Oct 2008 19:07:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/08/the-future-of-homeopathy-in-the-uk.html#comment-6886 Kavirajwel le canard is a duck, really,<br/>hear him go: quack quack quack.<br/>Real quackery is regular medicine that has to change their drugs every few months because it proves to be too dangerous - scientific they call it. Homoeopathy has used the same medicines for 200 years with great success - no need to change good medicine.<br/>Now that is truly scientific.<br/>If homoeopathy is humbug, explain why vaccination is based on the like is cured or prevented by like and is scientific.<br/>So are all modern allergy treatments.<br/>You just steal our ideas and then claim you found them yourself - Plagiarism it is called. Kavirajwel le canard is a duck, really,
hear him go: quack quack quack.
Real quackery is regular medicine that has to change their drugs every few months because it proves to be too dangerous – scientific they call it. Homoeopathy has used the same medicines for 200 years with great success – no need to change good medicine.
Now that is truly scientific.
If homoeopathy is humbug, explain why vaccination is based on the like is cured or prevented by like and is scientific.
So are all modern allergy treatments.
You just steal our ideas and then claim you found them yourself – Plagiarism it is called.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/future-of-homeopathy-in-uk.html#comment-6465 Anonymous Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:54:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/08/the-future-of-homeopathy-in-the-uk.html#comment-6465 What a load of medieval trash. Anyone who runs down homeopathy obviously knows nothing about it. <br/>However I know alot about conventional medicine - how they told me my father was going to die overnight from a bowel obstruction that he refused to be operated on (thank god he knew more than the so called doctors), when it was in fact a blood clot on the brain (thought basic anatomy was part of a medical degree??), and he is now alive four years later. Have also heard plenty of stories over the years about people dying from operations, wrong medicines etc etc but none from a homeopathic cure? Also conventional medicine has yet to come up with a surefire cure for cancer which doesn't include pumping chemicals through your body for weeks on end in the last ditch hope that it works, when really if people followed homeopathy, stopped smoking and using and consuming chemicals and all sorts of rubbish, and looked after themselves better they might have a fighting chance. Shall I go on??? PS I am extremely intelligent and know what I am talking about. What a load of medieval trash. Anyone who runs down homeopathy obviously knows nothing about it.
However I know alot about conventional medicine – how they told me my father was going to die overnight from a bowel obstruction that he refused to be operated on (thank god he knew more than the so called doctors), when it was in fact a blood clot on the brain (thought basic anatomy was part of a medical degree??), and he is now alive four years later. Have also heard plenty of stories over the years about people dying from operations, wrong medicines etc etc but none from a homeopathic cure? Also conventional medicine has yet to come up with a surefire cure for cancer which doesn’t include pumping chemicals through your body for weeks on end in the last ditch hope that it works, when really if people followed homeopathy, stopped smoking and using and consuming chemicals and all sorts of rubbish, and looked after themselves better they might have a fighting chance. Shall I go on??? PS I am extremely intelligent and know what I am talking about.

]]> By: Le Canard Noir http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/future-of-homeopathy-in-uk.html#comment-6147 Le Canard Noir Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:32:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/08/the-future-of-homeopathy-in-the-uk.html#comment-6147 Elin. If you believe that quantum physics has anything to do with homeopathy then you have been fooled. Quantum theory has nothing to say abouyt it - it describes how microscopic fundamental particles interact and has nothing to say about macroscopic objects like people and pills. If you think it does, the please supply references. <br/><br/>And as for babies and animals - the placebo effect is not necessary to explain peoples' delusions here. Babies and animals can just get better on their own, or parents and owners can be fooled into thinking they are better when they are not. Elin. If you believe that quantum physics has anything to do with homeopathy then you have been fooled. Quantum theory has nothing to say abouyt it – it describes how microscopic fundamental particles interact and has nothing to say about macroscopic objects like people and pills. If you think it does, the please supply references.

And as for babies and animals – the placebo effect is not necessary to explain peoples’ delusions here. Babies and animals can just get better on their own, or parents and owners can be fooled into thinking they are better when they are not.

]]> By: Elin http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/future-of-homeopathy-in-uk.html#comment-6146 Elin Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/08/the-future-of-homeopathy-in-the-uk.html#comment-6146 There is emerging evidence for how homeopathy works, and it can be explained by quantum physics. it is however quite comlicated. <br/>I know by experience that it works for me. It also worked for my baby when she was 2 weeks old, and it also has great results with animals. How can it be a placebo for an animal or baby? <br/>The placebo effect is another discussion altogether, and a very interesting one! Rather than being ignored as a funny side effect of giving people pretend dugs, we shoudl investigate how we can harness the power of the mind to heal ourselves! There is emerging evidence for how homeopathy works, and it can be explained by quantum physics. it is however quite comlicated.
I know by experience that it works for me. It also worked for my baby when she was 2 weeks old, and it also has great results with animals. How can it be a placebo for an animal or baby?
The placebo effect is another discussion altogether, and a very interesting one! Rather than being ignored as a funny side effect of giving people pretend dugs, we shoudl investigate how we can harness the power of the mind to heal ourselves!

]]> By: paulC http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/future-of-homeopathy-in-uk.html#comment-5958 paulC Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:25:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/08/the-future-of-homeopathy-in-the-uk.html#comment-5958 While browsing your site I stumbled on an old comment of mine, and now know I was incorrect in describing the leech's microflora as providing potentially useful antibiotic cover. My theoretical argument is clearly subsumed by the clinical reality; which is that infections can be caused by leeching after microsurgery. (ie Kalbermatten et al '07)<br/>Mea culpa. While browsing your site I stumbled on an old comment of mine, and now know I was incorrect in describing the leech’s microflora as providing potentially useful antibiotic cover. My theoretical argument is clearly subsumed by the clinical reality; which is that infections can be caused by leeching after microsurgery. (ie Kalbermatten et al ‘07)
Mea culpa.

]]> By: Le Canard Noir http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/future-of-homeopathy-in-uk.html#comment-5595 Le Canard Noir Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:40:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/08/the-future-of-homeopathy-in-the-uk.html#comment-5595 Anonymous - I am not going to spoonfeed you stuff you can easily find out yourself. <br/><br/>But you can make start in these resources:<br/><br/>http://www.cochrane.org/<br/><br/>http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/<br/><br/><br/>This is a good NHS web site that usually prints good stuff. Applying evidence based medicien to what you read in the papers...<br/><br/>http://www.nhs.uk/News/Pages/NewsIndex.aspx Anonymous – I am not going to spoonfeed you stuff you can easily find out yourself.

But you can make start in these resources:

http://www.cochrane.org/

http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/

This is a good NHS web site that usually prints good stuff. Applying evidence based medicien to what you read in the papers…

http://www.nhs.uk/News/Pages/NewsIndex.aspx

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/future-of-homeopathy-in-uk.html#comment-5592 Anonymous Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:19:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/08/the-future-of-homeopathy-in-the-uk.html#comment-5592 -- "How does ordinary medicine prove it is not placebo?"<br/>Are you serious? Or are you a troll? --<br/><br/>I don't know what a troll is in this context, but I am interested in this question being answered with the other one:<br/>And how does that work in scientific terms?<br/><br/>If they were such easy questions, it should not take a moment to answer them. But I don't think they are easy, do you? – “How does ordinary medicine prove it is not placebo?”
Are you serious? Or are you a troll? –

I don’t know what a troll is in this context, but I am interested in this question being answered with the other one:
And how does that work in scientific terms?

If they were such easy questions, it should not take a moment to answer them. But I don’t think they are easy, do you?

]]> By: Le Canard Noir http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/08/future-of-homeopathy-in-uk.html#comment-5587 Le Canard Noir Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:09:00 +0000 http://www.quackometer.net/wpblog/2007/08/the-future-of-homeopathy-in-the-uk.html#comment-5587 "How does ordinary medicine prove it is not placebo?"<br/><br/>Are you serious? Or are you a troll?<br/><br/>In either case, I will leave the question as an exercise for the reader. “How does ordinary medicine prove it is not placebo?”

Are you serious? Or are you a troll?

In either case, I will leave the question as an exercise for the reader.

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