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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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 Posted - 09/08/2005 : 17:36:59
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From BBC news online
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"It has been established beyond doubt and accepted by many researchers, that the placebo-controlled randomised controlled trial is not a fitting research tool with which to test homeopathy."
I suppose fooling yourself is the only way to get positive results. Way to go.
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
249 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2005 : 17:56:08 [Permalink]
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I would have thought that the placebo affect was homeopathy's only hope.
(quote; from above article):
"He said some people do report feeling better after having homeopathy. He believes this is down to the whole experience of the therapy, with the homeopath spending a lot of time and attention on the individual."
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"I'll go along with the charade
Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 09/08/2005 : 20:27:04 [Permalink]
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quote:
"It has been established beyond doubt and accepted by many researchers, that the placebo-controlled randomised controlled trial is not a fitting research tool with which to test homeopathy."
One might wonder why homeopaths keep doing such trials, then. From the July, 2005, issue of Homeopathy:Twenty-eight patients with xerostomia participated in a blind, placebo-controlled longitudinal study of the possible effects of homeopathic medicines on oral discomfort. All patients were first divided in two groups according to their medication. After that the two groups were randomly assigned according to a coin-toss to the experimental or control group. I suppose it must suck when you're involved with a bunch of quacks who don't get the memos saying that such trials don't work for homeopathy.Our results suggest that individually prescribed homeopathic medicine could be a valuable adjunct to the treatment of oral discomfort and xerostomic symptoms. Well, their results must be wrong. A spokeswoman from the Society of Homeopaths said so. |
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