Should homeopathy be included on the NHS? Most of us would say no, simply because we do not believe the evidence supports the basis on which homeopathy is claimed to work. “Like cures like” is possible enough – indeed, it sounds very similar to the basis on which working vaccines to diseases like flu are created. But the process of diluting – succussing – homeopathic remedies that progressively removes more and more of the original active substance from the sugar pill/water/alcohol substrate clearly is at odds with everything we know about how chemistry works. Continue reading →

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