The Myths Spread about Homeopathy

Myth #1: "There is no research that shows that homeopathic medicines work."

Such statements are a creative use of statistics, or what might be called "lies, damn lies, and statistics." Actually, most clinical research studies conducted with homeopathic medicines show a positive outcome. However, if "creative statisticians" evaluate only the smaller number of large studies, a positive result is less likely, not because homeopathy doesn't work, but because these larger studies tend to dispense only ONE homeopathic medicine for everyone in the study, without any degree of individualized treatment that is typical of the homeopathic method.[1] To claim that homeopathic medicines do not work using only these studies is as illogical as to say that antibiotics are ineffective just because they do not cure for every viral, fungal, or bacterial infection.

Myth #2: "The research studies showing that homeopathic medicines work are 'poorly conducted studies'."

Wrong! Studies showing the efficacy of homeopathic medicines have been published in the Lancet, the British Medical Journal, Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, Cochrane Reports, Chest (the publication of the British Society of Rheumatology), Cancer (the journal of the American Cancer Society), Journal of Clinical Oncology (journal of the Society of Clinical Oncology), Human Toxicology, European Journal of Pediatrics, Archives in Facial Plastic Surgery, Archives of Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and many more.[2] ALL of these studies were randomized, double-blind, and placebo controlled. Further, because of bias against homeopathy, these studies have been scrutinized rigorously, perhaps even more rigorously than is usual.

The weak response from the homeopathy deniers is that the above studies are "cherry-picked." Well, it seems that there are a lot of "cherries" (clinical studies that verify the efficacy of homeopathic medicines). Also, numerous of the above leading medical journals have published meta-analyzes of clinical trials on specific diseases and have shown that homeopathic medicines have significantly more benefits than does a placebo. And further, the deniers erroneously equate the "negative" studies evidence that the whole system of homeopathy does not work, when, in fact, these studies are usually of a preliminary nature that explored the use of one or a small handful of remedies for a specific condition.

Ironically, the one review of research that the homeopathic deniers most commonly assert as strong evidence that there's no difference between homeopathic medicines and placebo (Shang et al, 2005) has been shown to be bad or certainly inadequate science (Walach, et al, 2005; Fisher, 2006; Rutten, 2009, Rutten and Stolper, 2008; Ludtke and Rutten, 2008).

Myth #3: "12C is like one drop in the entire Atlantic Ocean."

Pure fantasy (and fuzzy math)! In fact, the 12C dose requires 12 test tubes, and 1% of the solution is drawn from each of the 12 test tubes. It is also very typical for the "deniers" of homeopathy to assert with a straight face that the making of a single homeopathic medicine requires more water than exists on the planet. It seems that the skeptics are so fundamentalist in their point of view that they consciously or unconsciously mis-assume that the dilutions used in homeopathy grow proportionately with each dilution; they assume that each dilution requires 10 or 100 times more water with each dilution -- which they don't, and even the most elementary articles and books on homeopathy affirm this fact. Sadly (and strangely), most of the skeptics of homeopathy seem to read each other's misinformation on homeopathy and have a propensity to spin the reality of what homeopathy is in ways that misconstrue it.

Myth #4: "There is nothing in a homeopathic medicine. It is just water."

Ignorance and direct disinformation. First, a large number of homeopathic medicines that are sold in health food stores and pharmacies are what are called "low potencies," that is, small or very small doses of medicines, most of which are in a similar dose to which certain powerful hormones and immune cells circulate in our body. Second, using samples of six different medicines made from minerals, scientists at the Department of Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology have consistently confirmed that the starting substance is still present in the form of nanoparticles of the starting minerals even when the medicine has undergone hundreds of serial dilutions--with vigorous shaking in-between each dilution, as per the homeopathic method (Chikramane, Suresh, Bellare, 2010).[3] Further, leading chemistry and physics journals have published other research to confirm that there are differences between water and "homeopathic water" (Elia and Niccoli, 1999; Elia, Napoli, Niccoli, et al, 2008; Rey, 2003)

Myth #5: "If we do not presently understand how homeopathic medicines work, then, they cannot work. It's witchcraft."

Lame on face value. How many more times in history do scientists and others need before they realize that we do not understand a lot of nature's mysteries, but our lack of understanding does not mean that the mysteries are not real. Calling homeopathy "witchcraft" clearly is someone's fear of what they do not know or understand, and a common observation from history is that whenever one goes on a witchhunt, a witch is found (one way or another). The fact that there is a small but significant body of basic sciences research that has shown physical and biological effects from homeopathic medicines tends to be ignored (Endler, Thieves, Reich, et al 2010; Witt, Bluth, Albrecht, et al, 2007). To publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals is not a common practice from witches (or warlocks).

Dr. Karol Sikora is a respected oncologist and dean of the University of Buckingham medical school (in England). Sikora has expressed serious concern about the "Stalinist repression" that certain skeptics of homeopathic and alternative medicines engage (Sikora, 2009). Sikora has harshly criticized "armchair physicians" and others who seem to have little or no experience in using these treatments with real patients.

One other critical piece of evidence to show and even prove the unscientific attitude of the homeopathy deniers is that they now wish to close off all discussion of the efficacy of homeopathic medicines (Baum and Ernst, 2009). These medical fundamentalist actually discourage keeping an open mind about homeopathy. One must question this unscientific attitude that select antagonists to homeopathy embody...and one must even wonder why they maintain such a position.

The second part of this article will provide further specific evidence of the unscientific attitude and actions from those individuals and organizations who are leading the campaign against homeopathy. A leading antagonist to homeopathy from the US and another from the UK will discussed in order to shed light on this important debate in health care. Stay tuned to find out who they are and why they maintain their point of view.

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Texting invokes the same posture as holding a book Or a baby Or a rock.

Text Neck-the next American epidemic

With the advancement of technology, many lifestyle problem are arising ."Text neck" is one of them. "Text Neck" is the general and epidemic problem of this technology era. Text neck is the problem of looking down at your phone for long period of time completely mindless of your poor posture presentation. 

However, we cannot realize that simply looking down at our phones leads to headache, cervical spondylitis, respiration inefficiencies and even jaw pain. Cervical spondylosis is a disorder in which there is abnormal wear tear on the cartilage and bones of the neck (cervical vertebrae). It is a common cause of chronic neck pain . 

Main body part that is affected due to text neck is spine. Infact, approximately 50% of the population suffers from cervical spondylitis or headache . 70% of patient who present with headache also demonstrate cervical dysfunction. Various spondylitis symptoms appear due to wrong posture like pain in shoulder, neck and pain along the arm. 

With the advancement of technology, everything is becoming easy. We are globally connected via small device that fit in our pockets. Apps replaces personal assistant and reach  and we walk around with heap of songs in our pocket. And yet as  phones get smarter, our posture gets weaker. The biological sustainability of human being is declining at the speed of tech savvy era.

Posture correction of the cervical spine is indicated as treatment method of text neck, cervical spondylitis and headache. The correction of head posture can transform the quality of healthy life of patients who present with Text Neck. This is a matter of high concern  that requires complex attention.

Written by Renu - Sr. Executive PMT Bhargava Phytolab Pvt Ltd. 

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If You Keep Texting, Your Head Will Fall Off

If You Keep Texting, Your Head Will Fall Off

'Because the head and neck move forwards, it will eventually lead to a reversal of the natural curve of the neck.  

'Postural changes will then occur, which can lead to serious problems in this area.' 

Tim Hutchful, of the British Chiropractic Association, said doctors were seeing an increased number of cases where overusing mobiles was contributing to neck and shoulder pain.

'Our muscles are designed to flex and retract,' he told Mail Online.

'If you stay in a fixed posture for too long like peering over a phone you are putting those muscles under stress.'

Mr Hutchful said leaning the head forwards was like holding a 10 to 12lb weight away from the body.

'Muscles will go into spasm if they have to hold such a position,' he said.

He added that tall young women with slender necks were anatomically most at risk from neck problems, as were sedentary people not used to using different muscles.

With the advancement of technology, many lifestyle problem are arising ."Text neck" is one of them. "Text Neck" is the general and epidemic problem of this technology era. Text neck is the problem of looking down at your phone for long period of time completely mindless of your poor posture presentation.

However, we cannot realize that simply looking down at our phones leads to headache, cervical spondylitis, respiration inefficiencies and even jaw pain. Cervical spondylosis is a disorder in which there is abnormal wear tear on the cartilage and bones of the neck (cervical vertebrae). It is a common cause of chronic neck pain . Main body part that is affected due to text neck is spine. Infact, approximately 50% of the population suffers from cervical spondylitis or headache . 70% of patient who present with headache also demonstrate cervical dysfunction. Various spondylitis symptoms appear due to wrong posture like pain in shoulder, neck and pain along the arm.

With the advancement of technology, everything is becoming easy. We are globally connected via small device that fit in our pockets. Apps replaces personal assistant and reach  and we walk around with heap of songs in our pocket. And yet as  phones get smarter, our posture gets weaker. The biological sustainability of human being is declining at the speed of tech savvy era.

Posture correction of the cervical spine is indicated as treatment method of text neck, cervical spondylitis and headache. The correction of head posture can transform the quality of healthy life of patients who present with Text Neck. This is a matter of high concern  that requires complex attention.

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