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Updated Swiss Government HTA Report Published -'Homeopathy is a valuable addition to health care'
A full Health Technology Assessment (HTA) report – commissioned by the Swiss health authorities - on the effectiveness, appropriateness, safety and costs of homeopathy in health care has been published in an updated English translation (December 2011). The report was commissioned to inform decision-making on the further inclusion of homeopathy in the list of services covered by the statutory health insurance. The report offers an evaluation of the practice of homeopathy in health care and confirms it as a valuable addition to the conventional medical landscape - a status it has held for a long time in practical healthcare in Europe and around the world.
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"If you have health insurance with Aviva, Quinn Healthcare or Hospital Saturday Fund, you may be entitled to claim on your annual expenses for homeopath visits depending on the insurance plan you hold. Do check out your entitlements! " |
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Antibiotics: Life savers and cause of death. Alternatives needed
18 November 2011 is the 4th European Antibiotic Awareness Day. Antibiotic resistance has become a global health problem. Over-use and mis-use of antibiotics has caused the development of lethal antibiotic resistant micro-organisms. Multiple prescribing of antibiotics is now also suspected of causing cancer. Can homeopathy serve as an alternative?
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An interview with Dr Manchanda, Deputy Director (homeopathy) of the Indian Government Directorate of Indian Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy, reveals his understanding of the potential role homeopathy has to play in the large public health arena such as dealing with epidemic and pandemic disease. Homeopathy is unique in that at one end of the scale its best results come from the individualised treatment of each patient irrespective of the diagnosed condition they present with while, at the other end of the scale, it is capable of dealing with epidemic acute diseases using a relatively narrow range of medicines homeopathic to the epidemic disease in question. India is leading the way globally in appreciating and using the diverse low-cost potential of homeopathy. Click to view the Original Article |
This is a very balanced and positive BBC programme in the QED series, made in the 1990s. It won the British Medical Association's Medicine in the Media Gold Award. (30mins duration)
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