Australia vs homeopathy

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Woke up to good news this morning, it seems that Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council is challenging the use of homeopathy in medicine on grounds of efficacy:

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/alternative-medicine-crackdown-20120313-1uyiw.html

Unfortunately, I expect that the charlatans who promote this (and their gullible supporters) are going to push back against this. It is nothing short of outrageous that in the 21st century this is a discussion we're even having.

Writing in the Journal of Law and Medicine this week, Melbourne barrister Ian Freckleton, SC, said several recent deaths involving homeopaths highlighted the dangers involved when they steered people away from conventional medicine.

Dr Freckleton cited the case of Perth woman Penelope Dingle, who died from bowel cancer in 2005 after spending about $30,000 on unsuccessful homeopathic treatments, including extracts from the venus flytrap plant.

He also cited the death in 2009 of Gloria Thomas, age nine months, after her parents favoured homeopathy over conventional medicine for severe eczema.

Hopefully this leads to a bit more information amongst the public about what homeopathy is (a scam) and isn't (medicine).

(in case you can't tell, I'm not much of a fan of homeopathy)