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How not to treat a pandemic

conventional isopathic vaccines have no rational, experiential or scientific foundation; Jenner and Hahnemann proved nature prevents and cures homeopathically

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homeopathy and pandemics

Pandemics: What Dr Hahnemann Knew (pp. 131. €15) Contents Preface 1 Enlightening the Homeopathy Witch Hunters 5 Science Fraud and […]

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Organ donation – over my dead body!

Corporeal Appropriation Dr Christiaan Barnard Mr S___, a consultant surgeon (FRCS, Ed.) likes a good adventure. On his latest expedition, […]

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news and new book on homeopathy and medicine

New homeopathy book available You might like to know of 2 developments: first, my book Medicine That Makes Sense: Selected […]

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Solzhenitsyn’s cancer of stomach cured

Stomach cancer cured in Cancer Ward Solzhenitsyn and stomach cancer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the Russian dissident, was “nearly dead at that […]

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Churches oppose mandatory vaccination

Mandatory Vaccination An Irish broadcaster and doctor, Ciara Kelly, has suggested that religion should stay out of medicine. Forgetting religion […]

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What Cartesian witch hunters can’t explain

Why Homeopaths Can’t be Burned at the Stake This is one of  a number of learned articles (as well as […]

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Trust women – on Gardasil reactions

Politics and Gardasil Reactions “I trust women” was the rhetorical ploy of Simon Harris, Minister for Health, during his campaign […]

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Narcolepsy, politics and swine flu vaccine

Narcolepsy and Swine Flu Vaccine: HSE Sleeping on the Job It hasn’t been a good month for vaccine manufacturers or […]

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Repeal reveal ironies

Revealing Repeal Ironies I love irony, as you might have noticed from previous articles. Listening to and watching campaigners on the […]

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Deducing or inducing the law of cure

Induction, Deduction, Medicine and Scientific Method It has been argued recently that the HPV vaccine is safe because so many millions […]

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Antibiotics – don’t finish the course

Don’t Finish Full Course of Antibiotics Scientists take much for granted regarding antibiotics. As previously mentioned – TCD scientist misunderstands antibiotics […]

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Medic nun loses faith in pharma

Teresa Forcades on Justice and Healthcare A rebel nun has lost her faith! Sr Teresa Forcades is a Spanish nun but […]

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Ethically withholding and refusing treatment

Ethical Reasons to Withhold and Refuse Medical Treatment One might agree that a doctor should withhold medical treatment in certain situations. […]

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Revising the revisionist histories of medicine

Revisionist and Biased Medical Histories There are histories and there are histories. Some give a fuller and truer picture than others. […]

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Pain and painkillers – the painful truth

Pain and Painkillers First, a joke. Pressing his index finger against his knee, a patient says to his doctor: “Doctor, every time I […]

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Comfrey and herbal remedies – “The greatest surprises”

Healing Power of Plants The Irish Times this week published two features on herbal medicine and folk cures (see here and […]

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Hay fever – doc cocks nose at local honey

Local Honey and Hay Fever The Irish Times recently received an interesting letter from a gentleman explaining his experience using […]

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Treating pathology is mistreating

The Limits of Pathology “When we couldn’t help a patient anymore and we had got as much money as we could […]

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Unhealthy Business

Big Pharma: Unhealthy for Patients, Economy, Science and Democracy “As a MP in Nigeria, drug companies offered me houses in the […]

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Homeopathy doesn’t work, it…

Does Homeopathy Work? Homeopathy doesn’t work, but it does work in a particular way. It doesn’t work by treating or […]

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Homeopathy in Co. Mayo and Sligo – a reflection

Homeopathy in Co. Mayo and Sligo The Beginning “I’ll give it six months and if it’s not working out I’ll […]

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Psychiatry is not a science – in practice and theory

Psychiatry is not a Science – a Recent Practical Example The trial took place in the Central Criminal Court in Dublin last week of […]

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Could that cough be whooping cough?

Overlooking Whooping Cough Have you ever met a child with a cough that lasted a long time? I’ve come across […]

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Burns – treat with heat not cold

Fight Fire with Fire Fire cools fire, within the scorched veins of one new burn’d – Shakespeare (Quoted by Dr Kentish) […]

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Parasitology: new research proves homeopathy

Treating Parasites with Parasites “Told you so!” This quote could have come from Samuel Hahnemann. It was while translating Cullen’s […]

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Media quackery – Irish Times and unscientific bias

Media Bias Here is my response to one of the many of the anti-homeopathy articles and letters in The Irish […]

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Sjogren’s – look beyond dry eyes

When you have a hammer in your hand, everything looks like a nail! Sjogren’s Often Overlooked Sjogren’s Syndrome is far […]

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“Managing” psoriasis – some clarifications

Managing not Curing Psoriasis Psoriasis, a common curse, was discussed by Pat Kenny on his show this morning. He interviewed […]

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Assisted suicide, euthanasia and Homeopathic medicine

 To get through life without harming another is a great achievement Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist Only Irish and Africans cope […]

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Polypharmacy prescriptions cause diseases: BMJ etc

Polypharmacy Further to his article on the problems and lack of science with polypharmacy, Dr Le Fanu, writing in the […]

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3 faulty models of medicine

What drives medicine? What influences the practice and outcome of medicine? It’s interesting to hear a nun, who is also a doctor, […]

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Overdiagnosing, overprescribing & polypharmacy – medicine’s waking up

Overdiagnosing, Overprescribing and Polypharmacy Dr Samuel Hahnemann spent most of his very long career as physician, pharmacologist and researcher campaigning […]

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Some silly things doctors say

Real Medical Quotes Joke Patient: Doctor, can you prescribe something for my sleepwalking? Doctor: No, you need the exercise. A […]

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Personalised medicine – a deluded prescription

Personalised Medicine By chance I happened to hear a playback this morning of Pat Kenny’s interview with Prof Luke O’Neill […]

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No metaphysics no medicine

Metaphysics and Medicine What has metaphysics got to do with the practise and theory of medicine? Well, as soon as […]

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Does IVF induce a certain state of being?

A link between IVF and autism and psychiatric problems is presented in today’s Daily Telegraph I often think that being conceived in a […]

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Evidence based medicine evidently isn’t!

Medicine Lacks an Evidence Base – Economist Professor Alan Maynard was not the first to challenge doctors, the NHS and […]

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Catholics & homeopathy 4: Fr Muller SJ

Fr Keith Augustus Muller S.J., 1841-1910 “My God,” said Dr Lobo, “you haven’t heard of Father Muller’s Hospital?” Dr Lobo […]

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Anthropologist proved homeopathy – yaws prevented syphilis

Yaws Prevents Syphilis Here’s an interesting obituary about an anthropologist who upset many preconceived notions about Columbus, syphilis, the harm […]

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Catholics and homeopathy 3: doctor/monk defends homeopathy

Modern Science, the Church and Homeopathy On Catholics and homeopathy, religion and science, who better to refer to than a […]

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GlaxoSmithKline “bribed” doctors

Naughty GSK from Argentina to China via Poland, Iraq and US An article in the Daily Telegraph today by Tom Whitehead tells […]

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Big pharma’s big lies about statins

Questioning the Status of Statins In his weekly diary in the Daily Telegraph Dr James Le Fanu tells us what […]

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Antibiotics: scientist doesn’t host the host

Antibiotics Have Run Their Course “Golden age of antibiotics could come to harsh end. Complacency and casual misuse could render […]

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TCD school of genetics, autism & homeopathy

“We thought genetic research was going to change our lives but it has turned out to be a false dawn.” Steve […]

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Miasmatic Prescribing by Dr Banerjea

Miasmatic Prescribing: its philosophy, diagnostic classification and clinical tips. Miasmatic repertory & miasmatic weightage of remedies, By Dr. Subrata Kumar Banerjea. […]

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Dr Samuel Hahnemann – a life

Short Biography of Samuel Hahnemann Dr Samuel Hahnemann was a doctor and medical reformer who lived from 1755-1843. He was […]

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Treating who not what

Treating Who not What, the Whole Person not Disease Treating the problem (a disease name) in medicine does not cure […]

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Diagnosis of ADHD unscientific – BMJ, DSM-5, ICD-10

Diagnosing Not Always a Hard Science How scientific can a diagnosis ever be? Even with simple and easily understood conditions […]

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Austerity, inequality, stress damage health

Austerity Costs Austerity, inequality, stress and poor lifestyle impact negatively on health. Two useful sources of information on the topic […]

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Repeatable science, homeopathy and medicine – a reply to Prof Reville

Science: Repeatable is Credible Professor William Reville does what few will do; point out shortcomings with science. In his Irish Times […]

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Beware breast & prostate cancer screening

Questioning Cancer Screening Treating potential disease before it becomes a disease sounds a good idea but assuming it will turn […]

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Motor neurone disease – the politics

Having mentioned in a previous post the economics and power of motor neurone disease, I have an addition to make. […]

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Motor neurone disease – the economics and the power

How many nurses does it take to give a ventilator machine (NIPPY) to a woman in respiratory failure from motor neurone […]

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New medicines aren’t always better

New Medicines or Tried and Tested? The best doctor is an honest one and we can always rely on Dr […]

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U.S. & Italian Courts: MMR causes autism

MMR and Autism – the Jury’s In While many are convinced the MMR vaccine “causes” autism, I’m still to be […]

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