NHS Should Stop Funding Homeopathy, Says Parliamentary Committee

An anonymous reader writes "Homeopathic remedies work no better than placebos, and so should no longer be paid for by the UK National Health Service, a committee of British members of parliament has concluded. In preparing its report, the committee, which scrutinizes the evidence behind government policies, took evidence from scientists and homeopaths, and reviewed numerous reports and scientific investigations into homeopathy. It found no evidence that such treatments work beyond providing a placebo effect." Updated 201025 19:40 GMT by timothy: This recommendation has some people up in arms.

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Re:Heomeopathy = Placebo

[Comboman]

It's true that Homeopathy and Naturopathy are not the same thing, in the way that Astrology and Palmistry are not the same thing, but that doesn't mean they aren't all pseudo-scientific bullshit.

Re:I Can See You All Feel Strongly About This....

[flyneye]

No, I'm just tired of promoting my point to self-superior morons who don't have the balls to promote self medication and are quite content with the smart pills fed them by their politicians.

        Unlike you, obviously, I don't choose humiliation as a state of being, as it is counter productive and self loathing as befits a masochist.
As for back pedaling, I do nothing of the sort.
I stand up for my beliefs and don't post as an anonymous coward. You get to live with that choice as well. I also choose not to live life as a pedantic git.
        As for humiliation, let me tell you a little story about Charles, the fellow posting as Anon Cow.
        One day Chas. and I were walking along discussing intellect, when he mentioned that he wished he were smarter. "Ah-ha, I've just the thing for you, a homeopathic smart pill! I got them for my boss as a gift and haven't given them to him yet"
        "well well", said Charles," what a stroke of luck, give me a weeks supply". I fished out the bottle and gave him 7 round brown pills. He looked at them thoughtfully and said," they aren't toxic are they? One a day must be a pretty powerful pill."
        "No, I replied,"not toxic at all, they're all herbs and rabbit enzymes. You could eat the whole bottle and not die". Upon that moment Chas. A.Coward shoved the whole handful in his mouth and gulped them down his gullet.
      "Herbs and rabbit enzymes, my ass! this tastes like shit!"
      " See Chucky boy, you're getting smarter already."
        Like I said in my previous post guys, "take a pill."