The Truth about Homeopathy

27/11/2019

25/03/2019

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19/03/2019

Health Canada's recent warning that homeopathic remedies are not an alternative to vaccines doesn't go far enough to prevent the damage the products could do as the country fights off a resurgence of measles, doctors and health policy experts say.

07/03/2019

05/03/2019

Homeopathy is bu****it. There is no science behind it.

You take a substance that causes a disease or sickness or problem, the way caffeine may cause insomnia. Then you take a drop of that caffeine and dissolve it into a quantity of water, say 1 litre. But you don't stop there. You take a drop off that solution you just made (1 drop caffeine in 1 litre of water) and dilute a drop of it in another litre of water. But wait, there's more. You take a drop of that second solution and put a drop of it in another litre of water. And on and on. Hundreds of times.

By the time you reach the final dilution, there is not a single molecule of the caffeine left in the water.

But homeopaths believe it works. Know why? Because, they say, water has a memory. Yup. They say the water remembers the caffeine. Which it doesn't, if you weren't sure. Also, why would the memory of caffeine cure insomnia anyway.

The more times you dilute the substance, the stronger, they say the "medicine" becomes.

Here's what happens when you swallow 50 of these sleeping pills in a short time.

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05/03/2019

05/03/2019

As Metro Vancouver contends with a spreading measles outbreak, Health Canada is looking into a handful of B.C. homeopaths who offer an unproven and unapproved treatment they claim can prevent infectious diseases.

05/03/2019

PSA has urged all community pharmacy banner and buyer groups to refuse to stock, promote, recommend or market homeopathy products.

05/03/2019

Homeopathy is like parking your car next to a river, accidentally dropping your car keys into the river, and then using the river water to unlock your car.

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05/03/2019

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05/03/2019

Homeopathy is rejected by modern medicine because it defies basic premises of science.

Among its principles — water has memory, and the more a substance is diluted, the more powerful it becomes.

Physicians who go on aid missions abroad want the federal government to review its funding of a program that sends homeopaths to Honduras because of the potential harm to local people.

27/01/2019

Homeopathy shouldn't be used to treat chronic or serious conditions, medical council advises

Homeopathy isn't an effective treatment for anything, an Australian medical council concluded after a review of research.

27/01/2019

There is no convincing evidence for the efficacy of homeopathic medicines for other adverse effects of cancer treatments.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Apr 15;(2):CD004845. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004845.pub2. Meta-Analysis; Review; Systematic Review

23/01/2019

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23/01/2019

Homeopathy doesn't work. Don't get sucked in. Please research before wasting your hard-earned money.

23/01/2019

A 2015 comprehensive assessment of evidence by the Australian government’s National Health and Medical Research Council concluded that there is no reliable evidence that homeopathy is effective for any health condition

This fact sheet about homeopathy discusses the safety and effectiveness of this medical system.

23/01/2019

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