Homeopathic IC´s reporters are not easily daunted. Recently, we reported from the European Sceptics Conference in Stockholm. This time, we have attended the First Nordic Homeopathy Research Conference, held in Gothenburg, Sweden. All with the aim of giving our readers hot news from the frontiers of CAM research and debate. Following on Dr. Peter Fisher´s characterization of Sweden as a “homeopathic desert”, the meeting was a revitalizing oasis, at least for the already converted. Read more
Acupuncture has a specific effect on chronic pain, superior to both no-acupuncture control and sham acupuncture. A review in JAMA of some 18 000 patients finds acupuncture is a reasonable referral option for patients with chronic pain. Read more