ReviewWiener klinische Wochenschrift2020
Against all odds-the persistent popularity of homeopathy.
Review in Wiener klinische Wochenschrift, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed.
- Efficacy of a Decision-Making Aid About Homeopathy in Patients With Cancer: A Single-Arm, Pre-Post Observational Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- The role of large language models in self-care: a study and benchmark on medicines and supplement guidance accuracy.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2025Article
- Supplementation of a Homeopathic Complex in the Diet of Castrated Male and Female Nursery Piglets and Its Effects on Behavior.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
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- Homeopathy-A lively relic of the prescientific era.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2024Article
- Teaching Homeopathy in U.S. Pharmacy Schools.Innovations in pharmacy · 2024Article
- Development and implementation of a new part-time continuing education course in integrative oncology.GMS journal for medical education · 2024Article
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- Pharmacist Knowledge and Perceptions of Homeopathy: A Survey of Recent Pharmacy Graduates in Practice.Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Opinions on Homeopathy for COVID-19 on Twitter.Proceedings of the ... ACM Web Science Conference. ACM Web Science Conference · 2022Article
- Critical Evaluation of Specific Efficacy of Preparations Produced According to European Pharmacopeia Monograph 2371.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Determinants of use of oral complementary-alternative medicine among women with early breast cancer: a focus on cancer-related fatigue.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2021Article
- Research status of traditional & complementary medicine systems across the world.Journal of Ayurveda and integrative medicineArticle
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Abstract
The use of homeopathy is remarkably popular. Popularity, however, is not an arbiter in a scientific discourse. In fact, the assumptions underlying homeopathy violate fundamental laws of nature. Homeopathy does not have any explanatory power and fails other criteria established for a scientific approach. Two large-scale efforts have recently documented that in spite of a plethora of clinical trials there is no evidence that homeopathic remedies have any therapeutic effect, which goes beyond that of a placebo. Relaxed regulations and lack of scientific literacy and of health education allow for continuous thriving of homeopathy. While the tide may be changing on the regulatory side, health education of the general public is presumably more important to support informed decision making by patients. Otherwise, the responsible patient, who is posited to decide on the medical choices, remains a convenient legal fiction.
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