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February 2008 - Letter to The Editor, You And Yours.
BBC Radio 4 - You And Yours
Sir,
As the UK’s largest regulator of homeopaths, The Society of Homeopaths was concerned to hear Foundation for Integrated Health Chief Executive, Kim Lavely, announce on ‘You And Yours’ that the not-yet-launched Complementary & Natural Health Council (CNHC) intends to regulate homeopaths, wrongly stating “We have been working with the representatives of the homeopathic profession and they are very enthusiastic about the idea”. More ...
January 2008 - Letter to the Editor, The Guardian
Re: Quackery and superstition - available soon on the NHS
In her article condemning the Foundation for Integrated Healthís creation of the Natural Healthcare Council (8th January), Polly Toynbee is clearly confused. More ...
January 2008 - News Release
The Natural Healthcare Council
Further to coverage in the media today, The Society of Homeopaths has issued the following statement: More ...
Past Press Statements 2007
December 2007 - News Release
Symposium offers open debate on homeopathy, HIV and AIDS
With over 2 million deaths from AIDS worldwide in 2007 and nearly 8,000 people diagnosed with HIV in the UK alone last year, the HIV pandemic remains one of the greatest health crises facing our planet. More ...
November 2007 - Letter to the Editor of The Lancet
Dear Sir
We read your Special Report on homeopathy in Britain (Vol 370) with interest. For a publication that bills itself as the world's leading medical journal, we were surprised that Udani Samarasekera's report merely rehashes time-worn arguments, without presenting any new information to your readers. More ...
October 2007 - sent to the Editor, The Observer
In response to Nick Cohen’s opinion piece ‘the cranks who swear by citronella oil’ (Observer, October 28), The Society of Homeopaths, Europe’s largest body of professional homeopaths, would like to point out that its symposium on HIV/AIDS is just that, a discussion forum for the exploration and critical appraisal of the use of homeopathy. More ...
October 2007 - Letter sent to The Guardian
Re: Ben Goldacre’s Bad Science column ‘Threats – the homeopathic panacea’
We refer to Mr Goldacre's column entitled "Threats – the homeopathic panacea" in Saturday's Guardian (20th October 2007). More ...
August 2007 - Society's Response to Dawkin's Article
Allergy Patients Turn to Homeopathy
Members of the Society of Homeopaths are seeing an increasing number of patients suffering from a range of allergic conditions, from skin problems such as eczema through to life-threatening food allergies. More ...
May 2007 - News Release
Homeopathy for a Vital Childhood
Homeopathy Awareness Week 14-21 June 2007
Homeopathy is safe for children and is proven to be effective for common childhood illnesses. From minor problems such as colic and teething, to allergic disorders such as asthma and eczema, and even complex ailments such as attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD), homeopathy has a decent evidence-base. More ...
May 2007 - Response to Letter Calling for Homeopathy Boycott
Another Pointless attack on NHS Homeopathy - Times Online, The Guardian and BBC Radio 4
In periodically challenging the provision of homeopathy on the NHS, Professor Born conveniently ignores the fact that substantial savings could be made by introducing homeopathy into general practice. More ...
Re: Homeopathy is worse than witchcraft
As the UK’s largest body of professional homeopaths, we have grave concerns about the extreme and unsubstantiated lengths Professor Baum is prepared to go to in his attempt to discredit homeopathy. More ...
March 2007 - Response to Nature Magazine
SCIENCE DEGREES WITHOUT THE SCIENCE
The Society of Homeopaths, the UK’s largest register of professional homeopaths, supports the conferment of science degrees on graduates of homeopathy courses, strongly refuting the assertion by Professor David Colquhoun in ‘Nature’ (Vol 446/22 March 2007) that homeopathy is “anti-science.” More ...
Past Press Statements 2006
October 2006 - News Release
SENSELESS CALL FOR ANULMENT OF HOMEOPATHIC LABELLING
The Society of Homeopaths, the UKís largest register of professional homeopaths, opposes the call from Sense About Science Chair, Lord Taverne, to annul the latest regulations for labelling homeopathic products (House of Lords, 26th October, 2006). More ...
Primary Care Today - The Newspaper for leaders in Primary Care (July/August 2006)
IMPLAUSIBLE CLAIMS AGAINST HOMEOPATHY
In a letter to Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in May, Professor Michael Baum and 12 other leading scientists claimed more ....
July 06 - News Release
Sense about science: homeopathy and malaria
The Society of Homeopaths, the UK’s largest body of professional homeopaths, recognises that malaria is a serious and life-threatening disease and supports the right of the individual to make an informed choice when considering preventative treatment. More ...
IMPLAUSIBLE CLAIMS AGAINST HOMEOPATHY
In a letter to Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) in May, Professor Michael Baum and 12 other leading scientists claimed “homeopathy is an implausible treatment for which over a dozen systematic reviews have failed to produce convincing evidence of effectiveness” and they urged PCTs to refrain from commissioning homeopathy. More ...
DOCTOR'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
The Society of Homeopaths strongly rejects the unfounded assertion by Professor Michael Baum et al that homeopathy is an implausible treatment . More ..
HOMEOPATHY HELPS HAYFEVER
Record tree blossom and early-flowering oilseed rape have sent hayfever sufferers into despair this Spring. More ...
Have a stress-free summer with homeopathy
HOMEOPATHY AWARENESS WEEK 14 – 21 June
We all look forward to the summer - sunshine, school holidays, rest and relaxation. But the summer can bring its own problems and stresses with it. More ...
Lyndon tool control over her life and chose homeopathy
When Lyndon W chose homeopathy to try to combat an infection, she did not consider homeopathic treatment for her manic depression, which had been part of her life for 32 years. More ...
New findings show homeopathy helps fight depression
It’s not only counselling that has a role to play in preventing serious mental illness. More ...
The Society of Homeopaths welcomes the findings of an American study into the use of homeopathic Arnica to lessen bruising after facial plastic surgery. More ...
In his article “The Quantum Elixir” Robert Matthews throws out a challenge to scientists to take homeopathic dilutions more seriously as they could potentially. More ...
Dear Sir
Thank goodness Ben Goldacre has decided to "write less about homepaths". Hooray for that.
He asks for a proper response from homeopaths to the "huge meta-analysis", More ...
Re: The Bitterest Pill
We object very strongly to the highly opinionated article by the allegedly infamous quack-buster Ben Goldacre. More ...
Protect Yourself From 'Flu this Winter with Homeopathy
The annual concern about flu epidemics is with us again, in the popular media and amongst the public. More ...
The Society of Homeopaths' Response to the Smallwood Report
The Society of Homeopaths, the largest body of professional homeopaths in the UK, welcomes the findings of the Smallwood report, More ...
Re: SUICIDAL FEELINGS IN THE UNDER 18’s
The Society of Homeopaths welcomes the guidance to GPs from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), to stop prescribing antidepressants to young people under18. More ...
19.9.05 - Press Statement - THE LANCET STUDY
Universal Condemnation for the Lancet's stance on Homeopathy
Scientists and experts from around the world are condemning the Swiss evaluation of homeopathy trials and The Lancet medical journal More ...
Re: 'Killed by Homeopathy?'
I am writing to object in the strongest terms, on behalf of 2,500 members, to the factually inaccurate headlines which preceded your story of Julia de Vaat .... More ...
Re: As a fourth study says it’s no better than a placebo, is this the end for homeopathy?
We fully agree with Sarah Bosely that homeopathy is “hugely popular in the UK”. More ...
Re: This homeopathic hokum does nobody any good by Paul Stokes
I am writing in response to your columnist Paul Stokes who appears to have muddled thinking when it comes to the provision of complementary medicine out of taxpayers money. More ...
Dr Mark Porter raises interesting arguments in order to discredit homeopathy, for which considerable published evidence of efficacy, over and above placebo, is available. More ...
Andrew Lawson has achieved no mean feat in devoting half a page to saying very little, in his mission to scare your public into thinking complimentary (sic) medicine is dangerous, More ....
Whilst more men are turning to homeopathy for their sexual health problems, the majority still suffer in silence. More...
