Points of view – the INH takes a stand

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13. May 2024

Der Deutsche Ärztetag distanziert sich von der Homöopathie

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27. March 2024

Kassenerstattung für Homöopathie vor dem Aus! Oder …?

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30. January 2024

Inside the data fog – a new review on homeopathy

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24. January 2024

Homeopathy in Switzerland – breaking the ice?

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27. October 2023

Review zu ADHS und Homöopathie (Gärtner et al. 2022)- Update und Fazit

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2. March 2023

“Globuli, Wissenschaft, Patientenwunsch” – ? Eine Veranstaltungsankündigung

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23. February 2023

Memorandum Homöopathie in der Apotheke – ein Echo

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22. February 2023

Homöopathie in der Apotheke – ein Münsteraner Memorandum

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17. February 2023

Homöopathiestudie in Bayern: ein Zwischenbericht

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3. November 2022

Homeopathic Treatment as an Add-On Therapy May Improve Quality of Life and Prolong Survival in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Frass et al 2020) – INH Press releases 31.10. / 03.11.2022

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25. October 2022

Improvements in survival of lung cancer patients with homeopathic complementary treatment (Frass et al. 2020) – A study critique – Update (October 2022)

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9. October 2022

Open letter from the INH on the topic of patient safety to the Federal Government Commissioner for Patients

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13. August 2022

Open letter to Minister Lucha, Baden-Württemberg, on the deletion of homeopathy from the further training regulations of the State Medical Association

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20. June 2022

ADHD and homeopathy – a new review. What’s in it?

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21. April 2022

Evidence Based Medicine – Defined by Homeopaths

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31. January 2022

Time for action! INH Open Letter on Homeopathy in the Health Sector

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26. January 2022

“Homöopathie unwiderlegt?” – eine Filmrezension

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1. December 2021

Tierärztliche Zusatzbezeichnung Homöopathie – ein Offener Brief

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1. November 2021

Der Studierendenwettbewerb von INH und GWUP: Entscheidung und Preisverleihung

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9. August 2021

Forschung auf Homöopathisch: Ein “too long, didn’t read”

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9. August 2021

Research in a Homeopathic Way

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31. July 2021

Homeopathy in the S3 Guideline on Complementary Medicine in Oncology – a Success?

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8. June 2021

Improvements in survival of lung cancer patients with homeopathic complementary treatment (Frass et al. 2020)? – A study critique

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31. May 2021

Das Deutsche Tierärzteblatt und die Homöopathie

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27. April 2021

Guten Tag! Wir möchten immer noch mit Ihnen über Homöopathie reden!

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23. March 2021

In the patient’s interest – An interview with Prof. Dr Lars Bräuer

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7. February 2021

Das homöopathiekritische Projekt 2021: Studierendenwettbewerb von INH und GWUP

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3. February 2021

Veterinary – New Domain for Homeopathy?

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11. January 2021

Corona, Krankenkassen und Homöopathie – Nichts ist immer noch zu teuer!

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5. November 2020

Study Contract on Homeopathy and Antibiotics – The Slant

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4. November 2020

I’m a Doctor – And I stand by it! – A guest article by “Skeptic Saturnist”

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22. October 2020

Open letter from INH to the scientific editorial staff of rbb TV – on the dossier “The Truth about … homeopathy

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8. October 2020

Die Homöopathen und die Skeptiker – eine alte neue Story

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26. August 2020

“The Truth …. about Homeopathy” (German TV channel rbb) – Nothing inside, so what?

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12. July 2020

“On Effectiveness of Homeopathy” – The INH on Publications in the “KVH-Journal”, Hamburg

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5. June 2020

A Journey to the Past in German TV – and a Critical Answer

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26. May 2020

Statement of the INH on the publication of the DZVhÄ “Homeopathy can contribute to the treatment of Covid-19 disease”

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12. March 2020

“Scientific opinion” on homeopathy application to Bündnis90/Die Grünen – Reply to replica

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17. December 2019

The INH’s Statement on the “Scientific Opinion” concerning the homeopathy proposal of the party “Bündnis90/Die Grünen

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10. November 2019

“How would you feel about homeopathy – if you were really be informed?” – The “argument of popularity”

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4. November 2019

Open letter to the Bavarian Members of Parliament: Homeopathy is not an alternative to antibiotics!

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4. November 2019

The Spanish online newspaper eldiario.es about homeopathy criticism in Germany

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15. October 2019

“So okay”, Minister Spahn? – No way! – A guest article by health economist Prof. Dr. Tina Salomon

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14. October 2019

The “Suppressed First Report” of the NHMRC – Source of “Encouraging Evidence”?

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18. September 2019

Open letter to Health Minister Spahn on the continuation of the reimbursement of homeopathy in the SHI

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7. August 2019

The INH to MEPs on homeopathy in the EU Medicines Directive

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29. July 2019

Open letter to Karin Maag, Member of the Bundestag – Reimbursement of Homeopathy

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13. July 2019

Decision on Homeopathy in France – and Germany? – An Interim Conclusion

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2. July 2019

Medical homeopathy and patient safety – touchstone homeopathy congress

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2. July 2019

Hello! We’re from INH and want to talk about homeopathy with you!

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27. June 2019

Spanish doctors withdraw credit from homeopathy

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23. June 2019

The INH on its own account – Notes to the public discourse

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22. June 2019

Does homeopathy work? – A guest contribution by Abhijit Chanda (berationable.com)

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14. June 2019

Open letter of the INH to the German Federal Minister of Health on the “internal consensus” of the German medical law

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16. May 2019

France: Negative opinion on homeopathy submitted by the Supreme Health Authority

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16. May 2019

Belgium: Consumer protectors take position – “Homeopathy is ineffective, even dangerous”.

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9. May 2019

Open letter to the Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomeriana on her patronage of the Homeopathic Medical Congress 2019

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27. March 2019

France: Academies of science position themselves against homeopathy

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12. February 2019

Homeopathy Declaration 2019 – The INH takes a Stand

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3. January 2019

… and they know what they are doing (and they do it anyway)

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19. December 2018

Open Letter by the GWUP Science Board and the INH to Melanie Huml, Secretary of State for Health, Bavaria

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7. November 2018

Spain – Homeopathy criticism now also government official

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1. November 2018

Infinite Stories – once again to the Australian NHMRC’s 2015 review on homeopathy

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10. October 2018

Homeopathic study: The legend of the five times eight rats

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8. September 2018

Greeting of the patient representative to the Hahnemannia – further open letter with 52 signatories by name

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4. September 2018

Open letter of the INH to the government’s patient representative on the occasion of the greeting message on the 150th birthday of Hahnemannia

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22. June 2018

France: In the fast lane in the case of homeopathy

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14. April 2018

France: Doctors’ collective #FakeMed – a crystal-clear statement on pseudomedicine

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3. March 2018

A dialogue and its end – (no) discussion about homeopathy…

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4. February 2018

Alternative practitioners on pharmacy-only obligation and labelling of homeopathic remedies – a statement of the INH

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8. January 2018

Open letter of the INH to the Siemens health insurance company (SBK)

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11. November 2017

Criticism on criticism on Homeopathy #1: “There is no evidence”

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9. November 2017

Criticism on criticism on Homeopathy #2: “Missing positive trials”

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8. November 2017

Criticism on criticism on homeopathy #3 – “Homeopathy is impossible”

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7. November 2017

Criticism on criticism on homeopathy – #4: “They’re just sugar pills!”

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21. October 2017

German Homeopathic Doctors on EASAC Statement: An Answer from the INH

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7. October 2017

Europe-wide reactions to the EASAC statement – Natalie Grams at 20min.fr

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4. October 2017

Open letter of the INH to the interview with Dr. Tournier (HRI) on “Homöopathie online”.

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22. September 2017

On homeopathy cost studies: Nothing is always too expensive

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22. August 2017

Study uncovers: With alternative medicine many cancer patients die earlier than necessary!

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17. July 2017

Homeopathy – material or immaterial?

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4. July 2017

Naturalness reconsidered – Why babies don’t need globules

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19. June 2017

Homeopathy as “refugee aid” – a medical and ethical problem!

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12. June 2017

Conversation in medicine

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1. June 2017

Dead child in Italy: Homeopathic doctors association sees “individual medical malpractice”

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14. May 2017

INH’s statement on NHMRC

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8. March 2017

Open letter of the information network homeopathy to the statutory health insurance “Die Techniker” (TK)

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15. February 2017

German Association of Homeopathic Doctors vs. Russian Academies of Science

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8. February 2017

“Homeopathy is Pseudoscience” – Memorandum of the Russian Academy of Sciences

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3. December 2016

On the developments in the USA and the demands of the FTC

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13. November 2016

Open letter of the INH and the science advice of the GWUP to the “Lecture Series Homeopathy” of the Munich University

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4. November 2016

On the homeopathy dispute on Wikipedia

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13. October 2016

Minister defends the protective fence for homeopathy – INH in response to the Open Letter to the Ministry of Health (2016)

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1. September 2016

Rechte und Pflichten von Heilpraktikern – ein Debattenbeitrag aus Sicht des INH

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28. May 2016

Declaration of the INH on the publication of WissHom: “The current state of research on homeopathy”

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23. May 2016

Homoeopathy in Switzerland – the background to its reimbursement by the health insurance funds

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28. April 2016

Homeopathy helps – as a ritual

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23. April 2016

The “But homeopathy did help me!” fallacy

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28. March 2016

The Placebo Business

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23. March 2016

Scientific medicine and homeopathy – why they can’t work together

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21. March 2016

About pharmacy obligation and Latin names of homeopathic remedies

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21. March 2016

What does physics say about homeopathy? (And why does it have something to say about it?)

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20. March 2016

How homeopathy overrides common sense

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17. March 2016

Miasms in homeopathy

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16. March 2016

Science and scientific studies in medicine and pseudo-medicine

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15. March 2016

Does homeopathy need a unique position in the Medicines Act?

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