In August, 2015, I contributed an article to the Research page of the Homeopathy Association of Arizona, which was an attempt to inform the attitudes of both practitioners and users of homeopathy about research in homeopathy, where I wrote the following: “Research is done by humans who have egos and may also have individual and […]
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Between early February and early March of this year (2016), Medscape, the newsletter of the American Medical Association (AMA), featured a series of articles entitled “The 50 most influential physicians in history”. (Check http://www.medscape.com/features/slideshow/influential-physicians-part-4 for the top 10). Sadly, perhaps the most important physician of all did not even appear on the list: Samuel Hahnemann
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On December 29, 2015, a piece appeared in Medscape, the professional newsletter of the American Medical Association, entitled \”Flu Vaccine For All: A Critical Look at the Evidence\” by Eric A. Biondi, MD, MS and C. Andrew Aligne, MD, MPH. The article traces the earliest days of testing a vaccine for influenza in 1968 to
In previous posts, we have discussed how to think about research and where to find a comprehensive research database, how homeopathy works, homeopathic provings as a special type of research, and suggestions on how to plan and prepare clinical case reports. In this post, we point to another vital resource for anyone looking for succinct
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Most homeopathic practitioners regularly attend homeopathy conferences and study groups. (The Homeopathy Association of Arizona has organized three study groups in the Phoenix area alone!) These usually include presentations of cases, or descriptions of how specific individuals have been helped by homeopathy. Case reports are typically thought to be simply narrative stories that chronicle a
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In the regular monthly postings, we have touched on “How to cope with research” (August 12, 2015) which deals with the sometimes dizzying and often confusing world of research in homeopathy. “How does homeopathy work?” (September 23, 2015) focused on Dr. Iris Bell’s extremely useful answer to this question. This month, we turn our attention
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In our last post, we talked about a coping strategy for how to deal with research in homeopathy. This time we will attempt to address an important question: how does homeopathy work? Because the physico-chemical research underlying this question continues to unfold, it is not possible to provide a definitive answer. However, Dr. Iris Bell
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Welcome to the Research page of HomeopathyAZ! My name is Anna Vakil and I will be posting to this page approximately once per month. This page is for both users of homeopathy as well as practitioners, since we all deal with homeopathy research in some way. Of course, others are most welcome to post as
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