Open Letters Archive - Information Network Homeopathy

27. March 202421. April 2024

Kassenerstattung für Homöopathie vor dem Aus! Oder …?

Ort der Entscheidung - Photo by Paul Scheelen on Pexels.com Seit Januar wurde es als ziemlich sicher gehandelt, dass mit dem neuen Gesundheitsversorgungsstärkungsgesetz (GVSG) die Erstattung von Homöopathieleistungen (Mittel und Therapie) in der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung …

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2. March 20233. March 2023

“Globuli, Wissenschaft, Patientenwunsch” – ? Eine Veranstaltungsankündigung

Gerade erst konnten wir vermelden, dass die Landesärztekammer Thüringen als vierzehnte von 17 LÄK nun auch die Homöopathie aus ihrer Landesweiterbildungsordnung verbannt hat. Ein weiterer Erfolg für die wissenschaftsbasierte Homöopathiekritik. Dass ein Ende der Homöopathie …

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9. October 202212. October 2022

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

This article meets the German health policy goal of "patient safety" and contradicts the use of this term by homeopaths.

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13. August 202214. October 2022

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

The decision of the Baden-Württemberg Medical Association to remove homeopathy from the state's further training regulations was met with very clear and repeated public criticism by the Minister for Health, Social Affairs and Integration of …

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31. January 20228. September 2022

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

Six years of INH educational work, discussions and advertising for an appropriate role for homeopathy - not as medicine and outside the health system. We have achieved a lot, raised general awareness about the real …

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1. December 20211. December 2021

Tierärztliche Zusatzbezeichnung Homöopathie – ein Offener Brief

Uns ist leider erst recht spät bekannt geworden, dass eine Abstimmung über Erhalt oder Abschaffung der "tierärztlichen Zusatzbezeichnung Homöopathie" bei der Bayerischen Landestierärzteschaft ansteht. Wir schätzen hier die Chancen nicht so groß ein wie bei …

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27. April 202127. April 2021

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

+ Wir erinnern uns: Im Juni 2019 hatte uns Mathias Hevert, der Geschäftsführer der Fa. Hevert Arzneimittel, in einem Interview mit Pharma Relations , „den Skeptikern“ vorgehalten, sie würden eine „klar voreingenommene Haltung gegenüber …

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22. October 202031. May 2021

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 202014. October 2020

Die Homöopathen und die Skeptiker – eine alte neue Story

In Österreich gibt es die "Ärztegesellschaft für klassische Homöopathie" (ÄKH), was allgemein bekannt und nicht über das Übliche hinaus bemerkenswert ist. Die ÄKH führt Fortbildungsveranstaltungen durch, derzeit in Form von Webinaren, auch dies ist noch …

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12. July 20202. December 2020

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

Fortunately, the German medical profession meanwhile moves forward in the case of homeopathy. This is to be seen at the nine federal physician chambers which adopted new training guidelines without homeopathy within the last twelve …

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5. June 20202. September 2022

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

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26. May 202029. January 2021

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

At the portal "Homöopathie online" of the German Central Association of Homeopathic Physicians a longer article in the form of an interview with a homeopathic physician has been published. It is about the alleged treatment …

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17. December 20198. September 2022

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

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4. November 20197. December 2019

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

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18. September 201926. October 2019

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

Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn declared yesterday, 17.09.2019, that he would adhere further to the reimbursability of homeopathy by the statutory health insurance funds. He cited the comparatively marginal costs compared to the total expenditure …

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7. August 20194. October 2019

The INH to MEPs on homeopathy in the EU Medicines Directive

In the meantime, the Spanish government has initiated a wide outreach against pseudomedicine. For example, it no longer wants to accept the medicinal status of homeopathy, wants to ban homeopathy from pharmacies and has already …

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29. July 20195. September 2020

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

Mrs. Karin Maag, member of the Health Committee of the German Bundestag, has recently spoken out on several occasions against the reimbursement of homeopathy by the statutory health insurance funds. She did use a number …

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2. July 20195. September 2020

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

In an interview with Pharma Relations, Mathias Hevert, Managing Director of Hevert Arzneimittel, accused the "skeptics" of taking a "clearly biased stance towards homeopathy", also of neither wanting to inform nor being willing to discuss. …

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14. June 20198. September 2022

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

Yesterday, on 13.06.2019, German TV satirist Jan Böhmermann so satirically as accurately analysed homeopathy in his programme "Neo Magazin Royale" and thus articulated in his special way the - in our opinion - widespreaded displeasure …

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9. May 20195. September 2020

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

This year's Homeopathic Medical Congress of the Central Association of Homeopathic Physicians will take place in Stralsund from 29 May to 1 June 2019. As usual with such meetings, the DZVhÄ assured itself also this …

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19. December 20185. September 2020

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

On 13 December 2018, the CSU parliamentary group in the Bavarian state parliament published a press release entitled "Naturopathy should be more firmly anchored at Bavarian universities". This corresponded both with a similar parliamentary motion …

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8. September 20187. July 2019

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

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4. September 20187. July 2019

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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8. January 201817. August 2019

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 …

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21. October 20176. April 2020

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 …

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4. October 201724. June 2022

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 …

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8. March 201730. March 2021