Words: E R ROBERTS et al Observational studies provide researchers, clinicians and patients with valuable, clinically relevant information on how a treatment performs in the real world. For homeopathy, there is a small, yet highly relevant, body of such evidence supporting the usefulness of homeopathic treatment, especially in Europe. Here we summarise the results of
Words: Dr Adolph LIPPE Dr Samuel Hahnemann, MD, the founder of homeopathy, tells us, in the third aphorism of his Organon, that we must first discern what is to be cured in each individual case of sickness, that we must also discern the curative powers of each medicine, and if, furthermore, we have learned to
Words: Dr Carroll DUNHAM In accordance with the homeopathic law, we select for the cure of each individual case of disease that remedy of which the pathogenetic effects are most similar to the symptoms of the case. In the process of making this selection we must pass in mental review the various drugs which compose
Words: Debora OLIOSO, Marta MARZOTTO, Clara BONAFINI & Paolo BELLAVITE Recent studies conducted in human/animal cells have suggested that homeopathic remedies may have an effect on the gene regulation, initiating a cascade of gene actions to correct the disorder, or disease, at the cellular level. We have focused our attention on the possible gene modulation
Words: Dr Josephine AGU Many people seek complementary treatments for various ailments. Perhaps herbal remedies to cure a cold, or acupuncture to ease lower back pain. Complementary medicine refers to practices outside Western medicine, adopted from other cultures, and often used in high-income countries. But traditional medicine covers a range of practices and therapies indigenous to their
Words: Dr Simon Nicholas WILLIAMS World Health Organisation [WHO] experts have officially declared that COVID-19 no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern [Pheic]. This coincides with the WHO’s new strategy to transition from an emergency response to longer-term sustained COVID-19 disease management. This may not change too much practically. COVID-19 will still have pandemic status, and countries
Hiren Kumar BOSE engages Dr Daniel J SIEGEL, PhD, a clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine and author of Brainstorm, in an e-mail tête-à-tête, on the power and purpose of the teenage brain. HKB: What does brain science tell us about the teenage brain? DJS: The teenage brain is undergoing a period of ‘remodelling’ which consists of
Words: Jawahar NIDAMBOOR The river, as we know it now, is not only dangerous; it is also endangered. This is, perhaps, the colossal price we have to pay for progress, or call it what you may. The river today also reminds us of a lovely poem by Robert Frost — the one that asks, “What
Words: Dr Deborah OLENEV One of the first injunctions of Dr Samuel Hahneman, MD, the founder of homeopathy, in his great book, The Organon of Medicine, is the ‘edict’ to remove obstacles to cure. In the modern world, where we live with environmental pollution within and outside of our homes, this injunction is more important
Words: Nelressa STALLINGS-FAYE It is important to make sure that you focus on your activity rather than expecting others to act for you, or change themselves. This is your reflective learning and, thus, only you have the responsibility for yourself, while others hold their own responsibilities and make their own choices. While studying for my
