{"id":531,"date":"2018-11-01T20:46:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T18:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/netzwerk-homoeopathie.info\/?p=531"},"modified":"2019-08-17T23:07:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T21:07:25","slug":"unendliche-geschichten-noch-einmal-zum-homoeopathie-review-des-nhmrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/netzwerk-homoeopathie.info\/en\/unendliche-geschichten-noch-einmal-zum-homoeopathie-review-des-nhmrc\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinite Stories – once again to the Australian NHMRC’s 2015 review on homeopathy"},"content":{"rendered":"Lesedauer \/ Reading Time:<\/span> 6<\/span> min<\/span><\/span>\r\n

The homoeopaths have long since discovered the title of Michael Ende’s well-known work “Die unendliche Geschichte” (“The Infinite Story”) as a quiet motto for themselves, as their constantly repeated “arguments” in favour of homeopathy prove. In a special context, they once again prove impressively that they are not about more than a constant warming up of the familiar on the hearth of rumours and half-truths.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In an article on “Nature and Medicine” Jens Behnke tries to keep the “serious accusations” against the review of the Australian health authority NHMRC, which have been floating freely in the homeopathic universe for more than two years, at operating temperature.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Let us remember that the Australian Health Authority’s review, conducted in rare cases with transparency and explicit involvement of the homeopathic side, is considered to be the most comprehensive study of the effectiveness of homeopathy ever. What was extremely badly received in some circles: Some time after the review was published in 2015, the information circulated that three homeopathic organisations from Australia had lodged a complaint against the NHMRC with Her Majesty’s Ombudsman (the “grievance box” for citizens’ concerns), complaining of “serious shortcomings” in the review. Significantly, the first news of this in Europe appeared in April 2016 (about eight months after the complaint had been lodged) in an institution that – quoting Prof. Ernst – had “often been at war with the truth”. The German Central Association of Homeopathic Physicians immediately circulated this report (original link expired, wording here) and, in particular, coined the word of “deception of the public” which has been recurring ever since.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The British Homeopathy Research Institute picked up this story in Europe, made itself, so to speak, the advocate of the matter and, according to its own statements, also prepared a “paper of evidence”. Since then, the ominous “deficiencies” of the review have been haunting the homoeopathic scene time and again and serve as arguments “against” the criticism of homoeopathy – now, once again, on “Nature and Medicine”.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Which is remarkable:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n