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Veterinary – New Domain for Homeopathy?
Corona, Krankenkassen und Homöopathie – Nichts ist immer noch zu teuer!
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Study Contract on Homeopathy and Antibiotics – The Slant
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I’m a Doctor – And I stand by it! – A guest article by “Skeptic Saturnist”
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Open letter from INH to the scientific editorial staff of rbb TV – on the dossier “The Truth about … homeopathy
Die Homöopathen und die Skeptiker – eine alte neue Story
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“The Truth …. about Homeopathy” (German TV channel rbb) – Nothing inside, so what?
“On Effectiveness of Homeopathy” – The INH on Publications in the “KVH-Journal”, Hamburg
A Journey to the Past in German TV – and a Critical Answer
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Statement of the INH on the publication of the DZVhÄ “Homeopathy can contribute to the treatment of Covid-19 disease”
“Scientific opinion” on homeopathy application to Bündnis90/Die Grünen – Reply to replica
The INH’s Statement on the “Scientific Opinion” concerning the homeopathy proposal of the party “Bündnis90/Die Grünen
“How would you feel about homeopathy – if you were really be informed?” – The “argument of popularity”
Open letter to the Bavarian Members of Parliament: Homeopathy is not an alternative to antibiotics!
The Spanish online newspaper eldiario.es about homeopathy criticism in Germany
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“So okay”, Minister Spahn? – No way! – A guest article by health economist Prof. Dr. Tina Salomon
The “Suppressed First Report” of the NHMRC – Source of “Encouraging Evidence”?
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Open letter to Health Minister Spahn on the continuation of the reimbursement of homeopathy in the SHI
The INH to MEPs on homeopathy in the EU Medicines Directive
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Open letter to Karin Maag, Member of the Bundestag – Reimbursement of Homeopathy
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Decision on Homeopathy in France – and Germany? – An Interim Conclusion
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Medical homeopathy and patient safety – touchstone homeopathy congress
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Hello! We’re from INH and want to talk about homeopathy with you!
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Spanish doctors withdraw credit from homeopathy
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The INH on its own account – Notes to the public discourse
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Does homeopathy work? – A guest contribution by Abhijit Chanda (berationable.com)
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Open letter of the INH to the German Federal Minister of Health on the “internal consensus” of the German medical law
France: Negative opinion on homeopathy submitted by the Supreme Health Authority
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Belgium: Consumer protectors take position – “Homeopathy is ineffective, even dangerous”.
Open letter to the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomeriana on her patronage of the Homeopathic Medical Congress 2019
France: Academies of science position themselves against homeopathy
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Homeopathy Declaration 2019 – The INH takes a Stand
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… and they know what they are doing (and they do it anyway)
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Open Letter by the GWUP Science Board and the INH to Melanie Huml, Secretary of State for Health, Bavaria
Spain – Homeopathy criticism now also government official
We had reported that on 22 June this year, the Madrid Medical Association, de facto the supreme medical association of Spain, issued a very clear declaration against the use of homeopathy in medical practice and referred to the medical obligations …
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Infinite Stories – once again to the Australian NHMRC’s 2015 review on homeopathy
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Homeopathic study: The legend of the five times eight rats
Scientific Reports, quite a medical journal of good reputation, published on 10.09.2018 a paper entitled "Ultra-diluted Toxicodendron pubescens attenuates pro-inflammatory cytokines and ROS- mediated neuropathic pain [1] in rats". The paper concludes that homeopathic high potencies based on Rhus toxicondendron (poison …
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Greeting of the patient representative to the Hahnemannia – further open letter with 52 signatories by name
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Open letter of the INH to the government’s patient representative on the occasion of the greeting message on the 150th birthday of Hahnemannia
France: In the fast lane in the case of homeopathy
The discussion about alternative medical methods in the health system, especially homeopathy, has quickly and apparently sustaining gained momentum in France. We reported on the request of the National Council of the Medical Chamber of 22 March this year that …
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France: Doctors’ collective #FakeMed – a crystal-clear statement on pseudomedicine
A clear message from the French medical profession On Thursday 12 April 2018, French Health Minister Agnès Buzyn made a brief statement on French television on the question of the reimbursement of homeopathy costs by public health care. She is …
A dialogue and its end – (no) discussion about homeopathy…
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Alternative practitioners on pharmacy-only obligation and labelling of homeopathic remedies – a statement of the INH
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Open letter of the INH to the Siemens health insurance company (SBK)
In the context of the discussion on the reimbursement of homeopathy by statutory health insurance funds, the CEO of SBK drew attention to himself on Twitter with the "argument" that the small amount spent on homeopathy in his company was …
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Criticism on criticism on Homeopathy #1: “There is no evidence”
"There is no scientific evidence that homeopathy works." It is evident that homeopathy associations are dealing with critical arguments more intensively than before, e.g. with the work of the Information Network on Homeopathy (INH), a Germany-based team of doctors, pharmacists and …
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Criticism on criticism on Homeopathy #2: “Missing positive trials”
The second part of our series about the "homeopathic criticism on criticism on homeopathy" covers why critics conclude that there is no reliable evidence for the efficacy of homeopathy beyond placebo. „There is not a single good quality trial showing …
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Criticism on criticism on homeopathy #3 – “Homeopathy is impossible”
“Scientists claim that homeopathy is not possible” ... states the Homeopathy Research Institute as allegedly supposed dictum of critics on homeopathy. The third part of our series about homeopathic criticism on criticism of homeopathy deals with the Homeopathy Research Institute's …
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Criticism on criticism on homeopathy – #4: “They’re just sugar pills!”
"There's nothing in it - They're just sugar pills!" ... is the next thesis from homeopathic criticism to which the Homeopathy Research Institute dedicates the fourth part of its thirteen-part series in order to refute it. The HRI refers to …
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German Homeopathic Doctors on EASAC Statement: An Answer from the INH
We have reported on the verdict of the Advisory Committee of the Scientific Academies of the European Community on Homeopathy and reactions to it. As expected, the German Central Association of Homeopathic Physicians has also commented on the EASAC statement …
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Europe-wide reactions to the EASAC statement – Natalie Grams at 20min.fr
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Open letter of the INH to the interview with Dr. Tournier (HRI) on “Homöopathie online”.
Homeopathy online, the online portal of the German Central Association of Homeopathic Physicians, titled on 27 September 2017 : "Interview: How a positive homeopathy study turned into a negative one". Under this heading, an interview is published with the head …
On homeopathy cost studies: Nothing is always too expensive
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Study uncovers: With alternative medicine many cancer patients die earlier than necessary!
If the doctor tells you that he has diagnosed cancer, then this is an incisive event for everyone. What to do now? Conventional treatment, i.e. chemotherapy, radiation, surgery or hormone therapy, depending on the severity and stage of the disease? …
Homeopathy – material or immaterial?
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Naturalness reconsidered – Why babies don’t need globules
Happy without globules! - A guest contribution by Miriam Weissberg, Midwife Dear becoming and become parents! I am a midwife with heart and soul, deeply convinced that homeopathy has no use whatsoever that would make it worthwhile to spend money …
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Homeopathy as “refugee aid” – a medical and ethical problem!
Under the flag "Homeopathy for refugees in Germany" the "Homeopaths Without Borders" together with the initiative "Homeopathy in Action" advertise a nationwide network of homeopathy offers for the "treatment of refugees". Again and again, related "offers" appear in refugee aid …
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Conversation in medicine
The good conversation between patient and doctor is an essential part of the anamnesis, diagnostics and above all the therapy. Mutual trust between patient and doctor is of decisive importance. Often one hears of a general patients' unsatisfaction regarding the …
Dead child in Italy: Homeopathic doctors association sees “individual medical malpractice”
Malpractice or systemic risk? In Italy, a child died recently because his parents and the doctor who treated him only relied on homeopathy. The German Central Association of Homeopathic Physicians sees here a "medical malpractice", thus the "famous" regrettable individual …
INH’s statement on NHMRC
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Open letter of the information network homeopathy to the statutory health insurance “Die Techniker” (TK)
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German Association of Homeopathic Doctors vs. Russian Academies of Science
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“Homeopathy is Pseudoscience” – Memorandum of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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On the developments in the USA and the demands of the FTC
A bad day for homeopathy: On November 15, 2016, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its statement that in future, over-the-counter homeopathic remedies will have to be labelled as the product's efficacy is not proven - unless, of course, …
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Open letter of the INH and the science advice of the GWUP to the “Lecture Series Homeopathy” of the Munich University
In a current publication, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich is promoting a series of events (lecture series) in the winter semester 2016/17 on the subject of "Homeopathy: From Theory to Practice - With Practical Examples and Patient Presentations". As a glance …
On the homeopathy dispute on Wikipedia
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Minister defends the protective fence for homeopathy – INH in response to the Open Letter to the Ministry of Health (2016)
Rechte und Pflichten von Heilpraktikern – ein Debattenbeitrag aus Sicht des INH
„Es wäre gut, wenn in der Medizin gar keine Lücke entstünde, in der sich die Patienten auf die Suche nach "Alternativen" machen müssen.“ - Dr. Natalie Grams Aus aktuellem Anlass Aktuell tobt ein Streit um das Heilpraktikerwesen im deutschen Gesundheitssystem. …
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Declaration of the INH on the publication of WissHom: “The current state of research on homeopathy”
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Homoeopathy in Switzerland – the background to its reimbursement by the health insurance funds
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Homeopathy helps – as a ritual
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The “But homeopathy did help me!” fallacy
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The Placebo Business
Samuel Hahnemann was born on 10 April 1755 Placebo and nocebo effects are not only found in medicine. These effects accompany us in daily life always and everywhere and are not bad in themselves. The ambience of a restaurant makes …
Scientific medicine and homeopathy – why they can’t work together
"For me, medicine covers not only science, but also art of healing. Only both together emerge good medicine. Unfortunately, conventional doctors often lack the art. And alternative medicine often lacks science. Both of these are bad, because none of them …
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About pharmacy obligation and Latin names of homeopathic remedies
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What does physics say about homeopathy? (And why does it have something to say about it?)
About Homeopathy and Physics One of the most prominent advocates of homeopathy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Harald Walach, former head of the Institute for Transcultural Health Sciences (IntraG) at the University of Frankfurt/Oder, explains: "In my opinion, homeopathy is simply very …
How homeopathy overrides common sense
What makes common sense? As a university teacher, I try to teach my students one thing above all else: common sense. By this I mean the willingness and ability to adhere to simple reasoning principles when thinking, e.g. the principle …
Miasms in homeopathy
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Freiburg Declaration on Homeopathy
Science and scientific studies in medicine and pseudo-medicine
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Does homeopathy need a unique position in the Medicines Act?
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