Homeopath-stripped turned on former colleagues

A former homeopath criticized homeopathy

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The effectiveness of homeopathic remedies is not confirmed in clinical trials, reports The Daily Telegraph (Homeopathy 'biologically implausible'), citing a statement by Edzard Ernst from the University of Exeter, UK.

Edzard Ernst is a professor of complementary medicine and a former practicing homeopath, published an article in the journal of the British Biological Society (Society of Biology) The Biologist.

Necessary clarification from the editorial board of "VM"
Few readers of this note, already reprinted or translated independently on various Runet sites, have noticed a strange thing: homeopaths are criticized by a professor of complementary medicine. (This is about the same as the alternative, only a little less worse, because it uses all the same quack methods, from ancient Toltec medicine and the same homeopathy to antiparasitic bioresonance, but not as the main and only ones, but as additional to normal treatment, which is clear from their self-designation).
So, after reading the first paragraph, we can assume that the note for the repose will end with a proposal to give the money saved on homeopathy to "scientific" complementary medicine. Or that the professor will make such a proposal in the next article.
But if you are not too lazy to dig out the March issue of the little–known journal The Biologist – only the table of contents is available there, but it is enough: the first article is called “Testing the Water”, and the announcement to it is like this:
“Former Professor of complementary medicine Edzard Ernst examines homeopathists' claims”.
On the website of the Medical and Dental College of the University of Exeter, Ernst is still listed as the head of the department of complementary medicine, but, most likely, he simply did not have time to be deleted from there.
Maybe now he, like another famous stripper, Leo Taxil, will start writing books "Funny Homeopathy", "Funny acupuncture"...

According to Edzar Ernst, homeopathic treatments supported by the National Health Service (NHS) In the UK, "biologically implausible", and in addition, homeopathy can be dangerous to health, since sometimes it replaces such scientifically proven medical procedures as vaccination.

The name of Professor Ernst, an implacable critic of treatment methods whose effectiveness has not been proven, but is part of the arsenal of medical care provided by the NHS, became widely known after he called the Prince of Wales a "snake oil seller" for supporting unfounded and rejecting evidence-based medicine.

According to The Daily Telegraph, the NHS spends about four million pounds annually on homeopathy. Homeopathy is based on the theory that a patient can be cured by exposing him to a highly diluted substance, which in a healthy person will cause symptoms similar to those of the disease. Small concentrations, according to homeopaths, trigger natural mechanisms that reduce the symptoms of the disease until complete self-healing.

In his article, Professor Ernst argues that these ideas "contradict the laws of physics, chemistry and pharmacology, and therefore homeopathy is biologically implausible."

In addition, Ernst draws attention to the fact that homeopaths often advise their patients to avoid immunization, and this, according to the critic, is one of the main reasons for the low level of vaccination of the population.

"The strategy of using homeopathic remedies as a placebo can only be effective if doctors hide the truth from their patients," he adds.

Homeopaths claim that their proposed method of treatment is not suitable for clinical trials of a generally accepted design because they do not take into account the positive effect that is found when observing patients.

"It makes no sense to spend taxpayer funds to make available treatments that have not been tested to strict standards. However, this is exactly what happens in the case of homeopathic treatment, and it needs to stop," says Mark Downs, executive director of the Society of Biology.

The representative of the British informal association Sense About Science, which is engaged in refuting pseudoscientific statements and incorrect interpretations of scientific data, Sile Lane, in turn, notes that "if a treatment like homeopathy is provided by the National Health Service, people may think that it has the same evidence base as traditional medicine methods. It misleads people, because they imagine something that is not really there."

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21.03.2012