It is often reported that there is no evidence homeopathy works or that the current evidence base shows homeopathy is no better than placebo. Neither statement is correct. Such misconceptions stem largely from two documents – the UK House of Commons Science and Technology Committee ‘Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy’ report, and the more recent Information Paper on […]

Public figures from politicians to comedians frequently make strong statements against homeopathy, but it is rare to find people who actually have first-hand knowledge of the facts behind the headlines. Here we look at the biggest stories in detail:

We are proud to announce that, thanks to the generosity of our donors, a service evaluation assessing the homeopathic treatment of IBS at Barnsley Hospital has the green light. As lead researcher Jackie Raw explains, “Following recent publication of our IBS trial results, we are delighted to announce that go-ahead has been given to undertake a service evaluation […]

More general scientific databases cover research on homeopathy alongside conventional medicine and other forms of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM): LILACS The Latin American and Caribbean Health Services Literature virtual health library contains over 1700 entries for homeopathy. Ovid Ovid helps researchers, librarians, clinicians, and healthcare professionals discover the most current research available. PubMed Provided […]

Further information about published research investigating homeopathy and other types of complementary and alternative medicine can be found in these specialist databases (CAM): CamQuest The CAM-quest database includes research studies in nine therapy categories – acupuncture, anthroposophy, ayurveda, bioenergetics, homeopathy, manual medicine, mind-body medicine, phytomedicine and TCM. Searches can be made by disease, therapy and […]

A film portrait of the late Dr Jacques Benveniste, French Government scientist and pioneer of laboratory research into homeopathy…..which led to his downfall.

A 30 minute introduction to homeopathy, made by the BBC in the 1990s. It so impressed the British Medical Association that they gave it their “Medicine in the Media” Gold Award – the BMA’s highest possible accolade  

Earl Baldwin of Bewdley Critique by a past member of the House of Lords Science and Technology Sub-Committee which inquired into complementary and alternative medicine in 1999-2000. Full text

Lüdtke R, Rutten AL Clin Epidemiol. 2008 Dec;61(12):1197-204 Abstract

Rachel Roberts Full text