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Prince Charlie, has had at least thirty eight private meetings with MPs , this year.All these people are paid and supported from the public purse.should we know what is discussed ,behind closed doors,or is it strictly Eton old boys and old royals.???
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Homeopathy IS wacky. It has no proven medicines. It has no proven track record. It is no better than placebo, and we should aspire to treating better than placebo.
At its commonly prescribed doseage, 30C, there is not a single active molecule of the "active" ingredient left; All you get is water.
This is not an issue of "mind over matter". This is an issue of wackaloon faith based healing being given public money. If you want to place your faith in nonsense like this, pay for it out of your own pocket; not the public purse.
At its commonly prescribed doseage, 30C, there is not a single active molecule of the "active" ingredient left; All you get is water.
This is not an issue of "mind over matter". This is an issue of wackaloon faith based healing being given public money. If you want to place your faith in nonsense like this, pay for it out of your own pocket; not the public purse.
gosh you really know all about it, ever been to an alternative medicine clinic, hospital, or indeed taken any kind of homoeopathic medicine.
Most seem to base their opinions on nothing more than superstition -
it's certainly not loony, after all do you call acupuncture that, or other form of hands on healing...
Most seem to base their opinions on nothing more than superstition -
it's certainly not loony, after all do you call acupuncture that, or other form of hands on healing...
@Emmie Well yes, as it happens, I have studied the effects(!) of Homeopathy, and the (complete and utter lack of) science behind it, and the arcane homeopathic methods of preparation (succussion and the bible!) of various remedies and nosodes, and much else besides.
During my career, I spent time as a research fellow involved in biokinetic studies of homeopathic remedies at one of the major teaching hospitals in London.
I have also spent time designing trials to test for the clinical efficacy of Acupuncture and indeed Reiki, as part of a collaborative testing group.
So, I kind of do know something about complimentary and alternative healing. All the studies I have personally been involved with, and all of those that I have read that have been presented as "evidence" of efficacy have shown precisely the opposite.
So, if as an individual, you have faith or belief in complimentary or alternative medicines, feel free to spend your own money having the "treatment" - but public money should be reserved for plausible treatments of proven efficacy not be frittered away on crackpot treatments with no proven benefits, despite its 200 year history.
During my career, I spent time as a research fellow involved in biokinetic studies of homeopathic remedies at one of the major teaching hospitals in London.
I have also spent time designing trials to test for the clinical efficacy of Acupuncture and indeed Reiki, as part of a collaborative testing group.
So, I kind of do know something about complimentary and alternative healing. All the studies I have personally been involved with, and all of those that I have read that have been presented as "evidence" of efficacy have shown precisely the opposite.
So, if as an individual, you have faith or belief in complimentary or alternative medicines, feel free to spend your own money having the "treatment" - but public money should be reserved for plausible treatments of proven efficacy not be frittered away on crackpot treatments with no proven benefits, despite its 200 year history.
Those who feel they have seen some benefit from complimentary or alternative medicines/treatments should be perfectly at liberty to seek them out. That's not what I have an issue with, unless they try and discourage people from seeking out their GP or conventional health cures in favour of their favourite alternative treatment de jour . My problem here is with Charlie attempting to leverage his undue influence consequent from his position of extreme privilege behind the scenes in order to divert public monies into pet projects of his.
More generally though, any complimentary or alternative treatment that had proven,genuine efficacy would no longer be complimentary or alternative - it would be simply be medicine. Acupuncture is a case in point- It has achieved a limited recognition of efficacy (although this is still hotly contested) for the treatment of lower back pain, and in consequence NICE has recommended that acupuncture can be prescribed on the NHS in the treatment of this specific issue.Sceptics would argue that it has arrived at this position simply because we have no very effective treatment for long term back pain, but again thats a slightly different issue.
And if you want to get such health treatments as Reiki, or Bachs Flower Remedies, or Homeopathic tinctures or sugar pills, or any one of a number of dubious alternative remedies,be my guest - but I would hope that you would first make sure you have done some due diligence - not just elect for such remedies based only upon anecdotal evidence based upon the supposed success of such a remedy for what are usually self-correcting illnesses in the first place. or what your Grannie told you, or what your favourite magazine or newspaper ran as a health feature.
And if, despite this, you still wish to proceed with such a therapy, again, be my guest - but you should fund it out of your own pocket, not waste valuable public money and resources on it. Fortunately, the amount of money the NHS is wasting on Homeopathic remedies and treatments is declining, year on year.
And it is not simply not sufficient to claim such therapies have a clinical worth because they are as good as placebo - placebo should be regarded as a baseline benchmark only. All treatments and medications should strive to offer substantially greater benefit than simple placebo. In fact, any new drug or therapy should actually be able to demonstrate a benefit beyond the currently recognised best practice -but that's a whole different story.
More generally though, any complimentary or alternative treatment that had proven,genuine efficacy would no longer be complimentary or alternative - it would be simply be medicine. Acupuncture is a case in point- It has achieved a limited recognition of efficacy (although this is still hotly contested) for the treatment of lower back pain, and in consequence NICE has recommended that acupuncture can be prescribed on the NHS in the treatment of this specific issue.Sceptics would argue that it has arrived at this position simply because we have no very effective treatment for long term back pain, but again thats a slightly different issue.
And if you want to get such health treatments as Reiki, or Bachs Flower Remedies, or Homeopathic tinctures or sugar pills, or any one of a number of dubious alternative remedies,be my guest - but I would hope that you would first make sure you have done some due diligence - not just elect for such remedies based only upon anecdotal evidence based upon the supposed success of such a remedy for what are usually self-correcting illnesses in the first place. or what your Grannie told you, or what your favourite magazine or newspaper ran as a health feature.
And if, despite this, you still wish to proceed with such a therapy, again, be my guest - but you should fund it out of your own pocket, not waste valuable public money and resources on it. Fortunately, the amount of money the NHS is wasting on Homeopathic remedies and treatments is declining, year on year.
And it is not simply not sufficient to claim such therapies have a clinical worth because they are as good as placebo - placebo should be regarded as a baseline benchmark only. All treatments and medications should strive to offer substantially greater benefit than simple placebo. In fact, any new drug or therapy should actually be able to demonstrate a benefit beyond the currently recognised best practice -but that's a whole different story.
