Homeopathic remedies - helpful, benign placebos?
05 Feb 10
Placebos only work if you pretend they are effective, warns Professor Edzard Ernst
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Ernst blog: complementary and alternative medicine discussed
The obstacles to CAM research
20 Jan 10
Professor Edzard Ernst outlines the common barriers faced by researchers studying complementary and alternative medicines.
Quack spotting
05 Jan 10
Some experts are convinced that alternative medicine is rife with 'quacks'. This may well be so - I would argue, however, that unfortunately any field of healthcare has its fair share of charlatans. But how can we identify them?
Free speech is not for sale
05 Jan 10
Professor Edzard Ernst explains how the Simon Singh case has led to a campaign to change libel laws.
Plans for regulation are a royal mess
08 Dec 09
Interference from the Prince of Wales in the debate over the statutory regulation of complementary medicine is an abuse of power.
Distrust me, I'm a pharmacist?
30 Nov 09
A parliamentary committee is currently evaluating whether homeopathy should be available on the NHS.
The Prince and complementary medicine
18 Nov 09
The fact that Prince Charles adores complementary medicine is well-known. For some time, it has been suspected that occasionally he gets carried away with his enthusiasm.
The General Chiropractic Council and its retracted claim
12 Nov 09
Simon Perry is a well-known and relentless campaigner against pseudo-science.
First alternative medicine - now alternative reality?
03 Nov 09
Lionel Milgrom is a UK homeopath who frequently comments on complementary and alternative medicine, quantum physics and the like.
Why do you believe in this treatment?
21 Oct 09
Imagine someone asked you 'why do you believe in aspirin?' What would you say?
Acupuncture for back pain?
19 Oct 09
Acupuncture is fast becoming an accepted treatment for back pain. Recently, even NICE gave their seal of approval for it. But if you look at the data critically, you will find doubts.
Homeopaths and swine flu
01 Oct 09
The Alliance of Registered Homeopaths (ARH) is a UK professional organisation that 'supports and promotes a high standard of safe, effective homeopathic practice'. Its members comprise around 700 practising homeopaths. In a press release...
Prevention is better than cure
21 Sep 09
Many if not most chiropractors claim that we all need regular 'adjustments', ie spinal manipulation for staying healthy.
Homeopathy is not a cure for infections
16 Sep 09
For nearly a decade, the WHO has been working on a report on homeopathy. So far, it only exists in draft form.
Double standards from the King's Fund
07 Sep 09
In Complementary and Alternative Medicine, many people seem to believe strange things: if a treatment, say homeopathy or spiritual healing, has powerful non-specific effects (and no specific effects), it can nevertheless be deemed to be...
A tale of homeopathic immunisation
02 Sep 09
For a number of reasons, some homeopaths are against conventional immunisations and advocate homeopathic ones instead.
Chinese herbal medicine for endometriosis?
28 Aug 09
A brand new Cochrane review suggests that 'Chinese herbal medicine may be useful in relieving endometriosis-related pain with fewer side effects than experienced with conventional treatment'.
Maximising placebo-effects
11 Aug 09
Placebo-effects are real and they can help many patients. So why do we not make better use of them?
The value of experience
03 Aug 09
Most forms of complementary and alternative medicine have a long history of usage. One could say they have been 'field-tested' for hundreds of years in millions of patients.
Quackbuster or critical analyst?
24 Jul 09
Many CAM enthusiasts are determined to brand me as a quackbuster or something similarly negative. They try hard, but their arguments are not correct and the allegation does not stick.
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The reddest herring in town
10 Jul 09
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The end of homeopathy?
03 Jul 09
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WHO stance on homeopathy could harm Third World
29 Jun 09
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My response to the British Chiropractic Association
18 Jun 09
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Are chiropractors destroying their own reputation?
04 Jun 09
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There's no such thing as a 'negative' result
01 Jun 09
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Percy, Pavlov and placebo in animals
26 May 09
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If the evidence supports it, so will I
18 May 09
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Herbal 'detox' treatments spread a poisonous message
14 May 09
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CAM practitioners share some of the blame for measles epidemic
07 May 09
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Homeopaths ride to swine flu rescue
06 May 09
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Just because a patient gets better, doesn't mean their treatment worked
28 Apr 09
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Homeopathy for cancer is nothing more than placebo
23 Apr 09
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Do complementary and alternative therapies do more harm than good?
20 Apr 09
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Don't let your practice become an evidence-free zone
15 Apr 09
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Natural doesn't mean safe. And CAM is neither.
06 Apr 09
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So-called 'integrated medicine' is disturbing nonsense
30 Mar 09
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Why 'belief' in complementary medicine is misguided
23 Mar 09
