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research updates: homeopathy

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Issue 125

AMMERSCHLAGER and colleagues, Facharzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Aschaffenburg, Germany, have compared a homeopathic remedy (Euphorbium compositum nasal drops SN) and an allopathic one in the treatment of sinus infection.... more

THOMPSON and co-workers, Bristol Homeopathic Hospital, Bristol, UK, have carried out a pilot study of homeopathy for the symptoms of oestrogen withdrawal in breast cancer survivors.... more

Issue 123

BELTON and WEATHERLEY-JONES, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 4DA, UK, c.relton@sheffield.ac.uk, have audited the homeopathy service in an NHS menopause clinic.... more

Issue 116

WITT and colleagues, Institut fur Sozialmedizin, Epidemiologie und Gesundheitsokonomie, Charite-Universitatsmedizin, Berlin, Claudia.witt@charite.de, have found that high homeopathic potencies are different from potentized solvent.... more

Issue 112

BAUMGARTNER and colleagues, Kollegiale Instanz für Komplementärmedizin, Universität Bern, Insel-Spital, Imhoof-Pavillon, Bern, Switzerland, s.baumgartner@hiscia.ch, have demonstrated that homeopathic potencies of plant growth substances stimulate the growt... more

Issue 110

LADE and co-workers, Coventry City Primary Care Trust, Christchurch House, Greyfriars Lane, Coventry, CV1 2GQ, UK, karen.slade@doctors.org.uk, have evaluated a GP based homeopathy service.... more

Issue 108

BELL and co-workers, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, ibell@u.arizona.edu, have investigated individual differences in response to randomly assigned active individualized homeopathic treatment in fibromyalgia.... more

BELL and others, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, ibell@u.arizona.edu, have found a way to distinguish patients with fibromyalgia who respond exceptionally well to homeopathic remedies using electroencephalograms.... more

Issue 107

STEINSBEKK and FONNEBO, Institutt for Samfunnsmedisin, Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenkapelige Universitet, Medisinsk – Teknisk Forskningssenter, 7489 Trondheim, Norway, aslak.steinsbekk@medisin.ntnu.nor, have surveyed the users of homeopathy in Norway.... more

THOMPSON, department of General Practice, University of Glasgow, UK, trevor.thompson@bristol.ac.uk, reflects on the application of qualitative research methods to the design of case studies in homeopathy.... more

Issue 106

TVEITEN and BRUSET, Baerumsveien 451, 1346 Gjettum, Norway, datveite@online.no, have studied the effect of Arnica D30 in marathon runners.... more

VICKERS and SMITH, Integrative Medicine, Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA, have reviewed (16 references) the use of homeopathic Oscillococcinum for preventing and treating influenza and influenza-like syndr... more

Issue 105

BELL and colleagues, Department of Medicine and Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85724-5153, USA, ibell@u.arizona.edu, have described bio-psycho-social-spiritual correlates of the strength of the vital force in homeopathy wit... more

BELL and co-workers, Department of Psychiatry, Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA, ibell@u.arizona.edu, report on a trial of individualized homeopathic remedies in fibromyalgia patient... more

MCCARNEY and colleagues, Department of Psychological Medicine, Imperial College London, Room 4.06, Paterson Centre, 20 South Wharf Road, London W2 1PD, have reviewed (23 references) homeopathy for chronic asthma.... more

MERCER and REILLY, Section of General Practice and Primary Care, Division of Community Based Sciences, University of Glasgow, 4 Lancaster Crescent, Glasgow G12 0RR, Scotland, UK, stewmercer@blueyonder.co.uk, present a qualitative study on patients' views o... more

Issue 103

VAN WASSENHOVEN and IVES, Unio Homoeopathica Belgica, 132 Chaussee de Bruxelles, 1190 Brussels, Belgium, have published an observational study of patients receiving homeopathic treatment.... more

Issue 98

THOMPSON and REILLY, Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 0XQ, UK, elizabeth.thompson@ubht.swest.nhs.uk, present a prospective observational study on the homeopathic treatment of symptoms of oestrogen withdrawal in... more

TRICHARD and others, Laboratoire BOIRON, 20 rue de la Liberation, Sainte-Foy Les-Lyon 69 110, France, etudes-economie@boiron.fr, have carried out a study of the practice of homeopathic general practitioners in France.... more

Issue 94

JAIN, Kingfisher Medical Centre, South East London, UK, asha.jain@gp-985020.nhs.uk, has asked the question whether homeopathy reduces the cost of conventional drug prescriptions in general practice.... more

KOCZIAN and KOELNEI present a history of homeopathy in Hungary between 1820 and 1990. After Hahnemann's discovery of homeopathy, the theory found enthusiastic followers in Hungary. A first generation of practitioners including Pal Almasi Balogh, Jozsef Ba... more

Issue 94 cont'd

MATHIE, Faculty of Homeopathy, 15 Clerkenwell Close, London EC1R 0AA, UK, rmathie@trusthomeopathy.org, has reviewed (116 references) the research evidence for homeopathy.... more

Issue 93

JACOBS and colleagues, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA, jjacobs@igc.org, have analyzed the results from three randomized controlled trials of homeopathy for childhood dia... more

Issue 92

BELL and colleagues, Program ion Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724-5153, USA, ibell@u.arizona.edu, have studied homeopathic practitioner views of changes in patients using constitutional treatment for chronic disease.... more

OBERBAUM and co-workers, Institute of Research on Complementary Medicine and The Center of Integrated Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zadek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, oberbaum@netvision.net.il, have reviewed (27 references) clinical trials of classi... more

Issue 91

OBERBAUM and colleagues, The Center of Integrated Complementary Medicine Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel, oberbaum@szmc.org.il, present a case series on homeopathic treatment in emergency medicine.... more

STEINBEKK and FOENNEBOE, Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norwaym aslak.steinsbekk@medisin.ntnu.no, have surveyed users of homeopathy in Norway in 1998 and compared the... more

WHITMARSH, Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, 1053 Great Western Road, Glasgow G12 9UY, Scotland, UK, tom.whitmarsh@virgin.net has reviewed (9 references) homeopathy in multiple sclerosis. Abstract: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the Central Nervous... more

Issue 79

SMITH and colleagues, Loma Lux Laboratories, Tulsa, OK, USA, ssmith@lomalux.com, evaluated the effects of a homeopathic mineral therapy in patients with seborrhoeic dermatitis and/or chronic dandruff .... more

SMITH, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Adelaide University, Women's and Children's Hospital, 72 King William Road, North Adelaide, Australia, SA 5006, caroline.anne.smith@adelaide.edu.au, reviewed (15 references) literature reporting on randomize... more

Issue 70

BERREBI and colleagues, Federation of Gynecologie-Obstetrique, Service de Pharmacie, CHU La Grave, 31052 Toulouse Cedex, France, investigated the efficacy of a homeopathic treatment in inhibiting lactation in new mothers unable or not wanting to breast fee... more

OBERBAUM and colleagues, The Institute of Research on Complementary Medicine, The Center of Integrated Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, P. O. Box 3235, Jerusalem 91031, Israel, oberbaum@netvision.net.il, assessed the efficacy of a homeo... more

RILEY and colleagues, University of New Mexico Medical School, Albuquerque, USA, dsriley@integrativemed.org, compared the effectiveness of homeopathy in primary care with conventional medicine in primary care for three commonly encountered clinical conditi... more

Issue 67

AABEL and colleagues, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Department of General Practice, University of Oslo, Norway attempted to reproduce the previously reported positive results of a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) analysis of homeopa... more

MILGROM and colleagues, Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK attempted to reproduce the differences in low resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) T2 spin-spin relaxation times between homeopathicall... more

RICHARDSON-BOEDLER, reviewed (29 references) data and literature on the source of the homeopathic remedy Tarentulal hispanica and found evidence to indicate that the 'official medicinal source' is incorrect.... more

Issue 66

LONG and ERNST, Department of Complementary Medicine, School of Postgraduate Medicine and Health Studies, University of Exeter, UK, L.Long@exeter.ac.uk reviewed (45 references) the clinical evidence for and against the effectiveness of homeopathic medicine... more

STAM and colleagues, Regulatory Affairs Department, VSM Geneesmiddelen bv, Alkmaar, The Netherlands compared the efficacy and tolerability of the homeopathic gel Spiroflor SRL gel (SRL) with that of Cremor Capsici Compositus FNA (CCC) in treating low-back... more

WALACH and colleagues, Department of Environmental Medicine and Hygiene, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany, walach@ukl.uni-freiburg.de followed up patients who had taken part in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of classical homeopathy on chroni... more

Issue 64

ATTENA and colleagues, Istituto di Igiene e Medicina Preventiva, Facolta di Medicina, Seconda Universita degli Studi di Napoli, Italy evaluated homeopathy by investigating its impact in primary health care, i.e. its impact on outpatients to a homeopathy ce... more

VICKERS and SMITH, Integrative Medicine, Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA, andrewline@earthlink.net evaluated data from placebo-controlled trials of the homeopathic medicine Oscillococcinum or similar... more

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