Homeopathy is [NHS] witchcraft, say doctors
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:49:31 AM
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| Homeopathy is "witchcraft" and the National Health Service should not pay for it, the British Medical Association has declared. Hundreds of members of the BMA have passed a motion denouncing the use of the alternative medicine, saying taxpayers should not foot the bill for remedies with no scientific basis to support them. The BMA has previously expressed scepticism about homoeopathy, arguing that the rationing body, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence should examine the evidence base and make a definitive ruling about the use of the remedies in the NHS. Now, the annual conference of junior doctors has... |
Obamacare: Sympathy for Homeopathy?
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:49:31 AM
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| The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine was tacked forcibly onto the National Institute of Health after Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) thought more attention ought to be paid to beeswax. As a curative agent, I mean. Those two, and others in charge of us, thought it would a fine idea if we paid to put alternative therapies to the test. And theyre right: it is a good idea. Some potential palliatives can be dismissed immediatelyfor example, massive doses of arsenic to treat toenail fungus. But most cannot be brushed off without some evidence, because even the... |
13 things that do not make sense
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:49:31 AM
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| Don't try this at home. Several times a day, for several days, you induce pain in someone. You control the pain with morphine until the final day of the experiment, when you replace the morphine with saline solution. Guess what? The saline takes the pain away. |
Teen with cancer can forgo chemotherapy
Friday 30th of July 2010 02:49:31 AM
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| A 16-year-old cancer patient 's legal fight ended in victory Wednesday when his family's attorneys and social services officials reached an agreement that would allow him to forgo chemotherapy. At the start of what was scheduled to be a two-day hearing, Accomack County Circuit Judge Glen A. Tyler announced that both sides had reached a consent decree, which Tyler approved. Under the decree, Starchild Abraham Cherrix, who is battling Hodgkin's disease, will be treated by an oncologist of his choice who is board-certified in radiation therapy and interested in alternative treatments. The family must provide the court updates on Abraham's... |



