⤻ Health Canada Misses the Point︎︎
— Neurologica:
It is not the job of a health organization to respect diversity of opinion, but rather to respect the scientific evidence in order to do their job – protecting the public health.
⤻ Homeopathy Awareness Week︎︎
— NeuroLogica:
For homeopaths, the only purpose of clinical research is to validate what they already “know” – it is a statistical crap shoot of placebo vs placebo.
Another researcher, reports Betz, was confused when the placebo control he used in his clinical trial had the same effect as the homeopathic remedy being tested. Instead of concluding that his study was negative, he instead concluded that since the placebo was stored in the same refrigerator as the remedy, that the homeopathic drug was radiating it effective quality to the placebo. Despite sealing the placebos in aluminum foil and separating them from the homeopathic remedy in different refrigerators, this homeopathic researcher could still not keep the effect of the drug from leaking over into the placebo.
⤻ “Integrative medicine”: A brand, not a specialty︎︎
— Science-Based Medicine:
There is no such thing as “alternative” medicine. There is medicine that has been proven safe and effective through science; there is medicine that has not.