The panel even went as far as to dismiss calls for further research, concluding that "there has been enough testing of homeopathy and plenty of evidence showing that it is not efficacious".
[That's] quite unbelievable – officially, he had renounced his enthusiasm for homeopathy".
He seems to have no comprehension of evidence-based medical practice: hence his enthusiasm for homeopathy.
Harry Cohen joined him at the more eccentric end of the spectrum by implying that conventional medical treatments were improperly tested (he would not say which ones) and referring to Prince Charles as someone "who has made a very strong case" for homeopathy.
It called for more government backing for homeopathy on the NHS, stating that complementary medicine, and by implication homeopathy, "has the potential to offer clinically effective solutions to conditions such as eczema, depression, insomnia, allergy, and irritable bowel syndrome".
Although the overwhelming majority of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in the UK do not fund homeopathy, 31 out of 211 do, according to a report by the Good Thinking Charity, which campaigns against NHS funding for homeopathy.
Thomas writes with marvelous panache, although I wish she indulged less in her earnest calls for homeopathy and animal rights.
Proving, prophylactic and therapeutic study designs have all been used and appear appropriate for homeopathy basic research using high dilutions.
The silica hypothesis for homeopathy: physical chemistry.
"Africa is ripe for homeopathy," she told Rachael Mutinda.
