Daily Mail champions homeopathy again

[Deetee]

This time it is in the form of an article by the TV presenter Nadia Sawalha, in which she describes how her family are

'... all ardent believers in the power of homeopathy,' says Nadia. 'None of us has ever taken our children to a conventional doctor or given them the normal childhood vaccinations.'

This is followed by a succession of anecdotal tales about how wonderful homeopathy is.
Then there is this bit....

However, Nadia is realistic about homeopathy's powers

(as if...)
Seems she is admitting that homeopathy has its limits, because (surprise surprise) when it was asked to do something which is has a measurable objective like losing weight, it fails. However, she gets in a neat bit of post-hoc rationalisation...

She believes homeopathy can help with weight problems, but only if the cause is hormonal. 'In my case, the problem is emotional, and I am the only one who can deal with that.

So that's OK then. Its not homeopathy's fault that she's fat.

A selection of comments by readers....

Homeopathy stimulates the body's homeostatic (self healing) mechanism in a gentle way and it works very well. Science has proved this surprisingly often. It is by no means quackery with sugar pills. If it can have an effect on animals (as science has also shown on numerous occasons) this leaves the placebo argument dead in the water.

and

People would be well advised to ignore the comments of people like Andy from Oxford and instead should look at the Chinese, one of the longest living nations, and their use of "alternative medicine".

I work in the NHS and more and more doctors are acknowledging alternative medicine and undergoing further training such as homeopathy. Indeed my own GP is a qualified homoeopathist and acupuncturist. 200 years ago people would have thought mobile phones and aeroplanes were a product of witchcraft.

Just because we don’t yet have the technology to understand HOW it works, doesn’t mean it DOESN'T work.

At least Andy from Oxford is championing common sense and rational thinking.

 

[andyandy]

'None of us has ever taken our children to a conventional doctor or given them the normal childhood vaccinations.'

Nadia is a fool.

 

[andyandy]

and as for the daily mail.....it makes me sick....

also in todays paper....

Patients' lives are at risk because of 'medical blunders'

The lives of patients are being put at risk because not enough is being done to reduce common medical blunders, Britain's chief medical officer has warned.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=396941&in_page_id=1770

NHS helpline 'failed to spot patients'

The family of a schoolgirl who died from meningitis today called on health chiefs to take full responsibility for her death after an inquiry found NHS 24 had failed the teenager.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=396750&in_page_id=1770

how about a call for the daily mail to be held responsible for it's consistant peddling of homeopathetic and MMR nonsense...encouraging people to forgoe vacines, and to distrust doctors.....they put the lives of their readers at risk....god i hate the mail.

 

[tkingdoll]

At least they slammed the Selfridge's psychics (no prompting from my press release, honest )

 

[Badly Shaved Monkey]

She believes homeopathy can help with weight problems, but only if the cause is hormonal. 'In my case, the problem is emotional, and I am the only one who can deal with that.

So that's OK then. Its not homeopathy's fault that she's fat.

But, I thought homeopathy was espcially good at dealing with emotional and psychological problems. I guess you just have to chuck that whole "holistic" thing out the window when the facts inconveniently contradict your opinions.

p.s. It also seems to be ineffective against gullibility and stupidity.

 

[brodski]

p.s. It also seems to be ineffective against gullibility and stupidity.

yeah, it's the wrong sort of water for that, they should get their hands on some Skepta Water clinically proven to increase skeptical thinking.

 

[Badly Shaved Monkey]

yeah, it's the wrong sort of water for that, they should get their hands on some Skepta Water clinically proven to increase skeptical thinking.

Brilliant! I'm convinced.

Where can I buy some?




.....oh.

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[Mojo]

But, I thought homeopathy was espcially good at dealing with emotional and psychological problems.

Well, it's as good at dealing with those as it is with anything else.

 

[andyandy]

Well, it's as good at dealing with those as it is with anything else.

like counseling?

 

[Mojo]

I'm sure that if you went to a homoeopath and told them you were suffering from counseling, they would tell you they could cure you of it.