Comments on: WHO Says No to Homeopathy

By: Science-Based Medicine » Closing the Door on Homeopathy

Science-Based Medicine » Closing the Door on Homeopathy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:01:19 +0000

[...] ineffective homeopathic treatments for malaria, TB, and HIV/AIDS. This forced the WHO to make the following clarifications (among others) regarding their position: Dr Mukund Uplekar: TB Strategy and Health Systems, WHO: [...]

By: Steven Novella

Steven Novella — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:36:22 +0000

The New England Journal of Homeopathy is hardly a respected scientific journal. And the homeopaths keep trotting out the historical data – 100 or so years old – that is impossible to verify. If homeopathy had a 100% cure rate for H1N1 flu it would be easy to demonstrate this is a controlled trial.

The historical data is useless. If that’s the best you have, it is easy to understand why the WHO and the scientific community reject homeopathy.

By: DrJayPrakash

DrJayPrakash — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:08:07 +0000

@All

Here are some data of up to 100 cure in case of swine flu epidemic

http://www.nesh.com/main/nejh/samples/winston.html

Some body could tell me why WHO don’t recommend homoeopathy, why they don’t says no to modern medicine?

Is it because the homoeopaths don’t have any scientific explanation how does it work? I mean it the theory of “How” will definitely enhance our knowledge and will help to do something better but Why WHO don’t understand the theory of Why never save lives only application will do so.

By: DrJayPrakash

DrJayPrakash — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:51:47 +0000

According to The National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse, ‘medications to treat diarrhea in adults can be dangerous to children.’

-http://pediatrics.about.com/od/weeklyquestion/a/05_diarrhea.htm

The treatment of modern drugs would be life threatening it’s OK, but if any other therapy has treatment without any risk then why WHO says no to homoeopathy why not to Modern medical science?

They dont want to try, to understand, to know about homoeopathy is it just because the homoeopathy is lacking a definite theory of how does it works. It will prove very good for science to know this “How” but Why they don’t understand the theory doesn’t protect a life only the application will do. and that is happening.

By: woodle

woodle — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:00:11 +0000

@DrJayPrakash, I’m assuming from your tone that YOU have an explanation why she was cured?

And does the word “anecdotal” mean anything to you?

And just as importantly, why do I get this overwhelming feeling that I will forever associate your name with “greenish stool”?

By: DrJayPrakash

DrJayPrakash — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:18:50 +0000

Just a few days ago a mother (from slums) entered to my clinic with her child reporting diarrhea since last 7-8 days, she told me she has changed 3 doctors but no one was able to even reduce the frequency of stools, the stools are hourly and greenish.

I give her a single remedy one dose immediately and 3 doses 12 hourly for next 36 hrs. and ask her to report after 48 hours. after two day she came to me and very happily ask about my fee and she paid, telling me my child was cured just after first dose.

There was no hospitalization and no extra fluid supplement by me.

Now the WHO does have any explanation why he cured?

By: wertys

wertys — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:35:45 +0000

Strange we haven’t heard from DUllman MPH yet. No doubt he could demonstrate the error of the WHO’s seemingly sensible positions !

By: DeeTee

DeeTee — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:23:14 +0000

More reasons why homeopathy in Africa is a bad idea:
http://www.layscience.net/node/589

By: Bronze Dog

Bronze Dog — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:40:20 +0000

Rolfe is a she. She uses the name of a favorite cat as a username.

Oops. My mistake Forgot about that. It has been years, after all.

By: daedalus2u

daedalus2u — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:56:12 +0000

I do have a sense of humor, but only about some things. If you look at the link on oral rehydration therapy, you will see that it saves on the order of 2 million lives per year from childhood diarrhea. ORT is cheap, generic and can be produced from household food products at very low cost, cheaper than completely ineffective homeopathy.

I know that plain water can be used to avoid dehydration. In the context of diarrhea, plain water is not suitable for well known physiological reasons.

Homeopaths are trying to sell their products to ignorant poor people to treat childhood diarrhea. If they succeed, and people use homeopathy instead of ORT, then more children will die from diarrhea.