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Friday, August 26, 2005

Homeopathy-Lancet article critical-NHS pays for it

A recent article in Lancet appropriately criticizes homeopathy and concludes there is no scientific basis for it and it does not work. This is no surprise. It is surprising that the NHS pays for it and the Lancet article ( registration required) quotes a WHO draft report supporting homeopathy claiming there is valid evidence of its efficacy. For some reason I would expect better from WHO.

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