Injury Recovery

A study by German physicians comparing recovery time under conventional and homeopathic care has found homeopathy to be as effective as conventional medicine, with fewer side effects. Patients in the study were treated for a variety of musculoskeletal injuries such as...

Mexico’s Health Secretary

Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, Mexican Secretary of Health, has endorsed complementary treatments including homeopathy, herbal medicine, and acupuncture. Accordingly, the Health Secretariat will work with the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) to increase...

Quality of life

An observational study of five homeopathic hospitals in England found that “up to three quarters of patients treated with homoeopathic remedies report an improvement in quality of life.” Published in the journal Homeopathy 2008;97:114, the report describes information...

Trauma survivors

The Birmingham (England) Alliance of Homeopaths (BAH) will begin a six-month pilot project in January 2009, offering homeopathic care to “people in the support services suffering from emotional trauma.” Doctors, nurses, police, firefighters, and military personnel are...

Hospitals offer alternative therapies

An American Hospital Association survey shows that hospitals in the U.S. are providing more complementary and alternative therapies in addition to conventional services. More than 37% of hospitals responding to the survey offer one or more alternative therapies,...

Lasting improvement

An 8-year observational study of 3709 homeopathy patients who sought treatment at 103 different homeopathic practices in Germany and Switzerland has found that many patients reported improvement in long-term chronic problems such as allergies, headaches, and sleep...