Showing papers in "Homeopathy in 2000"

TL;DR: Homeopathic medicines in high dilutions, prescribed by trained professionals, are probably safe and unlikely to provoke severe adverse reactions and it is difficult to draw definite conclusions due to the low methodological quality of reports claiming possible adverse effects.

TL;DR: Analysis of the data on Total Severity during recovery, showed a statistically significant benefit of the active medicines over placebo, and the homeopathic medicines had particular effectiveness on the heat of the skin.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the database is too weak and contradictory to substantiate a local interpretation of homeopathy, in which the remedy is endowed with causal-informational content irrespective of the circumstances.

TL;DR: This paper describes the statistical analysis of a series of experiments using a simple biological model (wheat germination in vitro), where a large number of wheat seeds were treated with homeopathic potencies of Arsenic trioxide, showing significant reproducible effects of some As2O3 decimal potencies.

TL;DR: In this paper, a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to determine if Betula 30c is more effective than placebo at reducing symptoms of pollen allergy in patients sensitive to birch pollen.

TL;DR: Treatment with Betula 30c during the pollen season deserves further attention, with a statistical power of 70% for a defined clinically interesting difference, as well as differences and ratios between the run-in and the following time periods.

TL;DR: An audit of clinical outcome in 455 consecutive patients presenting for private homeopathic treatment of a chronic illness in which conventional treatment had either: failed, reached a plateau in effect, or was contra-indicated by side effects, age or condition of the patient.

TL;DR: A definitive trial of this design is unlikely to discriminate the relative contributions of the non-specific and specific effects to the outcome of homeopathic treatment of dermatitis, because of patient preference issues.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report an outcome study concerning patients treated by homeopathic medicine at the Tunbridge Wells Homoeopathic Hospital for the whole of 1997, which aimed to assess: (a) the range of diagnoses presented by patients, and (b) patients' own impressions of benefit.

TL;DR: Nux vomica 30c, 200c and 1000c were administered orally to three batches of albino mice for three days and mice treated with three potencies regained their righting reflex more quickly than the corresponding untreated controls.

TL;DR: The results indicate that an enhancement in EEG slow delta activity is associated with Coffea cruda, and it is likely that the homeopathic medicine influences sleep pattern.

TL;DR: This study is an international, multi-center, prospective, outcomes study on the effectiveness of homeopathic treatment compared to conventional treatment for respiratory and ear complaints commonly seen in the primary care setting.

TL;DR: The question addressed here consists in defining homeopathic's scope of intervention, its place in health care strategies, recourse to treatment, and especially economic data appraising homeopathy's impact on expenditures and outlay covered by health insurance in France.

TL;DR: Economic evaluation of CM is becoming increasingly important and should take place by using a multifaceted, staged approach, and the cost-effectiveness of CM appears to be most sensitive to the duration of the consultation.

TL;DR: Ultra-low doses of chemical carcinogens are used, which have been given to cancer patients, usually in conjunction with conventional treatment, and complete remission or life extension has been achieved for some cancer cases.

TL;DR: An analysis of 2148 consultations in a private general medical homeopathy practice in France was conducted in 12 periods of 7-10 days of study over four years as discussed by the authors, concluding that homeopathy is mainly used in mental, infectious and rheumatological disorders.

TL;DR: Homeopathy and acupuncture are clinically effective in a variety of medical problems and quality of life as measured by the SF 36 questionnaire improved significantly in all dimensions.

TL;DR: The argument that randomized placebo-controlled trials of homeopathy might usefully be replaced by observational studies, audit and quality-of life assessment is considered and Randomized equivalence and patient-preference trials are proposed as more informative alternatives.

TL;DR: A decrease of circulating immune complexes is observed in the healthy probands as well as in the HIV positive patients, accompanied in the latter by a significant increase of CD4 lymphocytes, CD4/CD8-ratio and an improvement of the HIV related symptoms.

TL;DR: The biology and toxicology of the lesser weeverfish, Trachinus vipera, is presented in a homeopathic repertory fashion to supplement the existing materia medica.

TL;DR: Using the similia principle, the classical homeopath tries to find a substance that fits the patients complaints as closely as possible, resulting in different treatments for patients who would receive an identical treatment in conventional medicine.

TL;DR: The evolution of the Doctrine of Signatures is presented, with reference to a physical as well as mental/spiritual mode of relating nature's medicinal substances to the human symptoms.

TL;DR: There is an urgent need for more research on the methods of choosing homoeopathic medicines in order to improve the reliability and validity of homoeopaths' diagnoses.

TL;DR: Eighty-two percent of patients treated for recurrent genital herpes benefited and there was no recurrence after the first treatment with follow-up of between 8 and 50 months.

TL;DR: The objectives were to ascertain the use of and attitudes towards homeopathy amongst GPs working in a socio-economically deprived urban area such as Liverpool, and whether they treat with, refer to or endorse each therapy.