Dec
01
2009
Why is our government funding regulation of so called “holistic” medical treatments - like homeopathy?
Posted by admin in homeopathy lycopodium, tags: Alternative Medicine, Asthma, Asthma Allergies, Complementary And Alternative Medicine, Conventional Medicines, Government Funding, Homeopathy, Matthias Egger, Medical Disorders, Medical Treatments, Muscular Problems, Parliamentary Select Committee, Placebo Effect, Quack, Science And Technology, Swiss Colleagues, Treatment Of Asthma, University Of Berne, University Of Bristol, Zurich University
WakeupM8ies asked:
What is going on? People are dying in the hundreds in this country every year, because of a lack of funding for PROVEN treatments.
In 2000, the UK Parliamentary Select Committee on Science and Technology issued a report on complementary and alternative medicine.
It reported that “any therapy that makes specific claims for being able to treat specific conditions should have evidence of being able to do this above and beyond the placebo effect”.
According to Professor Matthias Egger, from the University of Berne, and Swiss colleagues from Zurich University and a UK team at the University of Bristol, homeopathy in particular has no such evidence.
They compared 110 trials that looked at the effects of homeopathy versus placebo with 110 trials of conventional medicines for the same medical disorders or diseases, including trials for treatment of asthma, allergies & muscular problems.
So just why is our government insisting on wasting resources on this and other quack so called medicines?
What is going on? People are dying in the hundreds in this country every year, because of a lack of funding for PROVEN treatments.
In 2000, the UK Parliamentary Select Committee on Science and Technology issued a report on complementary and alternative medicine.
It reported that “any therapy that makes specific claims for being able to treat specific conditions should have evidence of being able to do this above and beyond the placebo effect”.
According to Professor Matthias Egger, from the University of Berne, and Swiss colleagues from Zurich University and a UK team at the University of Bristol, homeopathy in particular has no such evidence.
They compared 110 trials that looked at the effects of homeopathy versus placebo with 110 trials of conventional medicines for the same medical disorders or diseases, including trials for treatment of asthma, allergies & muscular problems.
So just why is our government insisting on wasting resources on this and other quack so called medicines?
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