Medicine Blog - Stephen Blendell Homeopath

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“Managing” psoriasis – some clarifications

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

Untested drugs & off-label prescribing

“Do as I say and not as I do” John Selden, Table-Talk c. 1654 Untested Drugs and off-label Prescribing In his […]

Don’t treat cradle cap

The Crowning Treatment for Cradle Cap “Oh you have to get rid of that, it looks awful,” said a pharmacist to […]

Taking a case means taking sides

Spot the Difference Ok, apart from the size, what is the difference between the two? This is important for […]

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 […]

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 […]

Aristotle through Aquinas to Hahnemann

Aristotle, Aquinas and Hahnemann Why did the great Dr Hahnemann call his remedies potencies and powers? From where did he […]

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, […]

Mirena coil – misleading about bleeding?

Mirena Coil – Preventing Pre or Post Conception? Reach early forties these days and women are automatically fitted with a […]

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 […]

Shingles jab proves homeopathy

Shingles Jab Homeopathic to Warts and Moles Told you so! In a recent post (here), commenting on two articles in […]

Pox cures moles and warts: sycotic link

Pox Viruses, Moles, Warts and Sycosis What’s the connection between pox viruses and moles and warts? The connection was first […]

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 […]

Metaphysics reveals limits of scientism

“The four philosophical limitations of modern science make it crystal clear why we need metaphysics.” Scientism Undermined by Metaphysics The […]

Classifying remedies: an introduction

Why Classify? I often wonder how to store my books on the bookshelves. Having been indecisive once, now I’m just […]

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 […]

No metaphysics no medicine

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

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 […]

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 […]

Drug research – science or deception?

Drug Research Science and Deception If anyone suggests homeopathy isn’t scientific or properly tested then read this about statins. No, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Catholics & homeopathy 2 – Benedictines brought homeopathy to Oz

Benedictines, Homeopathy and Western Australia “Welcome to my country, I give you permission to stay,” was my greeting from Bruce, […]

Peer review system thwarts science – say scientists

Nobel Scientists Object to RCTs and Peer Review System Didn’t I tell you! In my post on RCTs, referring quoting Harris […]

Randomised Clinical Trials: ethical? scientific?

Randomised Clinical Trials When people criticise homeopathy they are usually assuming allopathy, conventional medicine, is perfect, that it is perfectly suited […]

Catholics & homeopathy 1: four popes

The Catholic Church has a tradition of establishing hospitals and working in health care but an overlooked part of its […]

Dutch honour homeopathic doctor

On April 25 2014, Jan Scholten, one of homeopathy’s leading lights, has been decorated as Knight in the Dutch Order […]

Are homeopaths wrong Mr Grimes?

Grimes and his Logical Fallacies Resorting to libellous generalisations of an ad hominem nature, with rhetorical ploys such as caricature, here’s two […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Philosophy and case management

Achieving and Maintaining the Similimum by Dr Luc De Schepper (I wrote this in Nov. 2004 for the Homeopathic Times) […]

Bacteria and viruses as medicines

Spectrum Materia Medica, Volume I Monera: Kingdom Bacteria and Viruses By Frans Vermeulen Publ.; Emryss Publishers There is so much […]

An Insight Into Plants

An Insight Into Plants, Vols. 1 and 2, by Rajan Sankaran Publ.; Homeopathic Medical Publishers Available at www.minervabooks.co.uk These guys in […]

Provings – a tale of two swans and more

Dynamic Provings, Volume II by Jeremy Sherr Dynamic Provings, Volume II by Jeremy Sherr and his Dynamis School is not only a […]

Syphilis and destructive diseases

Dynamic Materia Medica: Syphilis: A Study of the Syphilitic Miasm through Remedies, By Jeremy Sherr Considering its relevance to Hahnemannian […]

Irony and pathology interchangeable

Enjoy this irony! This letter to the editor appeared in the Daily Telegraph in May (year?) sent in by a reader […]

Louis Klein’s Clinical Focus Guide

Clinical Focus Guide Vol. I., by Louis Klein www.homeopathycourses.com I’ve known very little of Louis Klein but what I read here […]

Avian realm – birds as medicines

Again this is an old review formerly published in the Homeopathic Times BIRDS: Homeopathic Remedies from the Avian Realm. Available at […]

Sea remedies and minerals of support

Praxis: Notes From The Second Three-Year International Postgraduate Course In Bologna, Italy. Dr Massimo Mangialavori Dr Massimo has been running […]

Spiders as medicine

Bitten in the Soul: Experiences With Spider Remedies In Homeopathic Medicine By Massimo Mangialavori and Hans Zwemke. “A Real Materia […]

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. […]