Australia Declares Homeopathy "Useless"

Friday, April 11, 2014 - 08:33 in Health & Medicine

Homeopathic Remedies kh1234567890 via flickr Australia's main medical group, the National Health and Medical Research Council, has concluded that homeopathy is "useless." The ruling came in the form of a 300-page report, in which doctors and other health professionals reviewed research on homeopathic remedies and found them wanting: “There is no reliable evidence that homoeopathy is effective for treating health conditions," they wrote. As Melbourne's Herald Sun reported:  The judgement is likely to influence a crucial government review which is deciding whether the 30 per cent tax rebate for private health insurance coverage ofcomplementary therapies should continue. Australians spend almost $4 billion a year on complementary therapies like vitamins and herbs and almost $10 million on homeopathic remedies. Homeopathy claims to “let like cure like,” by using diluted forms of the ailment it is treating, the Guardian noted....

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