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Homeopathy and Vaccination

Vetrinarian doctor Christina Chambreau spoke at our March meeting on alternative pet care. One of the topics she covered was her evolving attitude towards vaccination. At one time she advised following vaccination with thuja to counteract the negative effects of vaccination. Other vetrinarians have recommended other remedies, but Christina noted that there in no concensus on the issue. After that, she advocated giving nosodes instead of vaccination. But she no longer advocates either apporach. What is lacking in these approaches is individualization of the remedy to fit the patient's symptoms. Giving homeopathic remedies as a precaution is approriate when there is a genus epidemicus, but not otherwise.

Press articles about homeopathy from the web

Women's health centre
Homeopathy is to continue to be offered on the NHS, despite a report from the Commons Science and Technology Committee which concluded that funding should stop.
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CMC Turns To Homeopathy
The Colombo Municipal Council is beginning to look at alternative methods to combat dengue, it is learnt. Chief Medical Officer of Indegenous Medicine at the CMC, Palitha Ratna said the council was turning to homeopathic medicine in order to prevent the further spread of dengue. Ratna explained that a homeopathic remedy centre had been set up in the Kichilan Community Centre, Slave Island.
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Homeopathy for Holistic Wellness
With deep personal interest in holistic health, Sperling decided to circle back to her roots in homeopathy. She graduated from The School of Homeopathy in Devon, U.K., and founded Rochester Homeopathy last year. People from different age groups and diverse backgrounds come to her seeking help.
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'Choice' fetish spawns mind-meltingly stupid homeopathy policy
The government has released its eagerly anticipated response to the Science and Technology Committee's Evidence Check on Homeopathy and, incredibly, it's even worse than I thought it would be. The verdict is "business as usual", with the main recommendations of the committee ignored in a fog of confusion and double-think.
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NHS HOMEOPATHY REPRIEVE WELCOMED
The Society of Homeopaths has today welcomed the news that homeopathy teratment will continuue to be available on the NHS, despite a report that said such treatment was no different to a placebo.
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NHS Increasing Homeopathy Fund despite Concerns of the Parliament
Although, homeopathy went under a huge deal of rebuke by the British Medical Association BMA and the Members of the Parliament, U.K.s National Health Services NHS announced that it will not stop funding its homeopathy program. Instead, it will increase the fund, to exceed the annual £4million currently accorded by taxpayers for the homeopathy program.
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Dr. Alice Palmeri Now at Portland Family Homeopathy
Portland Family Homeopathy is proud to welcome their newest practitioner, Dr. Alice Palmeri. As graduate of The National College of Naturopathic medicine, her primary focus is natural family care. Dr. Palmeri provides services to both adults children as a homeopath, herbalist, and nutritional consultant.
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Homeopathy will not be banned by NHS despite critical report
Ms Milton said the Government welcomed the MPs' report but "remain of the view that the local National Health Service and clinicians are best placed to make decisions on what treatment is appropriate for their patients".
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Homeopathic Pharmacists Association Highlights the Extraordinary Safety Record of Homeopathic Medicines -- MILWAUKIE, Ore., July 23 /PRNewswire/ --
Contrary to the position taken by Terrance M. Davidson, M.D., and Wendy M. Smith, M.D. in their recently published study, "The Bradford Hill Criteria and Zinc-Induced Anosmia," action by the FDA against products containing intranasal zinc gluconate demonstrates the agency's competency in regulating homeopathic medicines to protect the public's health.
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Bryce Dallas Howard ‘Pretended’ Perfection After Son’s Birth
Eventually a visit to her midwife and a trip to the doctor allowed Howard the help she needed. And in addition to a homeopathic treatment plan, the actress admits it was her dive back into the entertainment industry that allowed her to begin the healing process
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Homeopathy: Something Smells Fishy!
I have friends who are embracing the whole 'la vi boheme' thing and shun modern medicine which they claim cause all kinds of side effects and instead turn to things like homeopathy. Now homeopathy is great in theory but the hard reality is our medication usually goes through all kinds of tests by bodies like the FDA before it is released to the public. Yes, the testing isn't always right and there have been unfortunate times that medication has been recalled from the market because it turns out it causes side effects that were unknown! BUT any testing -in my humble opinion- is better than no testing.
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Protocol for a phase 1 homeopathic drug proving trial
This study protocol adapts the traditional homeopathic drug proving methodology to a modern clinical trial design.MethodMulti-centre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1 trial with 30 healthy volunteers. The study consists of a seven day run-in period, a five day intervention period and a 16 day post-intervention observation period.
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How homeopathic remedies limit over-exposure to sun
However, there are some excellent homeopathic treatments for these acute situations. After being over-exposed to the sun a few years back, I experienced first-hand how well these remedies work and now would not be without them.
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Can a homeopathic cold remedy be dangerous?
The cold remedy Zicam, which contains a form of zinc, is marketed as a homeopathic medicine. But the new analysis showing that nasal gels and swabs containing zinc have likely caused a loss of smell in some users raises a hotly debated question: Is Zicam truly homeopathic?
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Zinc cold remedy can cause loss of smell: study
In the light of their findings, the authors urged the US Food and Drug Administration FDA to more strictly regulate zinc cold therapies and other homeopathic remedies. "Only homeopathic drugs offered for treatment of 'serious disease conditions' must be dispensed by a licensed practitioner," the study said.
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