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Research News16 January, 2014 by David FinerHomeopathy is generally superior to placebo, particularly in immune-related conditions. But it has been discounted by ideologically biased researchers, who have excluded almost all published studies, referring to virtual data, and using inappropriate statistics, writes physician Robert Hahn in a critical analysis in Forschende Komplementärmedizin. Read more 
Tags: alternative medicine, bias, CAM, CI, communication, confidence interval, conflict, controversy, David Finer, Edzard Ernst, evidence, Forschende Komplementärmedizin, homeopathy, ideology, odds ratio, OR, placebo, randomized controlled trial, RCT, review, Robert Hahn
Policy News13 September, 2013 by David FinerComplementary and alternative medicine slips through the cracks of the government agencies, and consumers have to pay. That is why there is a need for sceptics´and consumer organizations. Molecular cell biologist Professor Dan Larhammar, Uppsala University focused on ineffective and fraudulent alternatives in a lecture on the eve of the 15th European Sceptics Congress in Stockholm recently. Read more
Tags: 15th European Skeptics Congress, Almedalen, alternative medicine, bluff, BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, CAM, Christer Fuglesang, Christopher Hitchens, Dan Larhammar, David Finer, dissidents, Edzard Ernst, ethics, European Union, evidence, homeopathy, Integrative Care Science Center, marketing, mobbing, National Board of Health and Welfare, Nobel Prize, Olof Palme, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, persecution, PJ Råsmark, placebo, Police, pseudoscience, Simon Singh, Swedish Food Agency, Swedish Skeptics Association, Trick or Treatment, Vetenskap och Folkbildning, VoF
