Suffering Shouldn ’ t Be a Normal Part of Womanhood
One of the most important lessons medical schools teach is one my mom mastered as a teenager left to fill her own mother’s shoes: how to figure out who is really sick and needs immediate attention and who can wait (or what we in the medical field call “triage”). Nothing I learned in med school or since has contradicted what I learned at Bertha’s knee.
At the time, the practice of medicine was rudimentary—and that’s putting it nicely. So, the diagnoses typically made at home were probably not that different from those of a bona fide doctor. The more serious common ailments were things ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dr. Sharon Malone Tags: Uncategorized health Source Type: news
NY midwife who gave kids homeopathic pellets instead of vaccines fined $300K for falsifying records
A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000 (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - January 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
$300K Fine for Midwife Who Gave Kids Homeopathic Pellets Instead of Vaccines
(MedPage Today) -- A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000, the state's health department announced this week.
Jeanette Breen, who operates Baldwin Midwifery... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - January 18, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
King Charles has appointed a homeopath. Why do the elite put their faith in snake oil? | Martha Gill
The aristocracy and celebrities are in thrall to medical quackery that while useless can be far from harmlessWhen I hear someone extolling the virtues of homeopathy, I am often reminded of a quotation from the TV show30 Rock. “There are many kinds of intelligence,” Jack Donaghy tells a particularly stupid employee. “Practical, emotional … and then there is actual intelligence, which is what I’m talking about.” Similar, and perhaps correlating, are the many kinds of medicine. Natural, complementary, alternativ e, homeopathic, herbal, traditional. And then there is actual medicine, which works.It is strange that ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 17, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Martha Gill Tags: Homeopathy Science Alternative medicine Health & wellbeing Source Type: news
King Charles's top doctor for the royal household 'advocates for homeopathy and argued against alternative treatments being banned on the NHS'
The King has appointed Devon-based Dr Michael Dixon, 71, as the head of the royal medical household, the Sunday Times reports. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Homeopathic Drug Products Guidance for FDA Staff and Industry
Administrative/Procedural Guidance (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - November 3, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Delhi HC asks Niti Aayog committee to expedite process on integrative medicine policy
The Delhi High Court has asked a Niti Aayog committee to expedite the process of formulating a policy on an integrated medical system that combines different branches of medicine. The court observed that there is a wealth of knowledge in systems like allopathy, ayurveda, and homeopathy, and it should be examined whether they can be integrated. The court clarified that the issue of integration should be decided by experts. The petitioner argued that an integrated health system would improve the country's doctor to population ratio and strengthen the healthcare sector. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - October 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New drugs regulatory bill may be headed for cabinet next week
The Bill seeks to regulate the import, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs, medical devices and cosmetics. It also seeks to ensure their quality, safety, efficacy, performance and clinical trials of new drugs and clinical investigation of investigational medical devices and clinical performance evaluation of new in-vitro diagnostic medical devices, including Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and homeopathy (AUSSH) drugs, medical devices and cosmetics. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 11, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Dr. Dhole's Sushanti Homeopathy Clinic - 607348 - 05/04/2020
Unapproved and Misbranded Products Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - June 16, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Source Type: news
ICMR, AYUSH ministry sign MoU for collaboration on health research
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the AYUSH ministry have signed an agreement for collaboration and cooperation for research in the field of integrated medicine. Integrated medicine refers to using alternative medicine systems such as ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha and homeopathy with orthodox systems as part of a treatment plan. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A new punishment for murder [editorial] - No Author(s) Listed.
[SafetyLit note: This 19th century editorial appeared in a journal that primarily contains articles where allopathic medicine is compared unfavorably to homeopathy.]
Dr. W. A. Hammond does not approve of the death penalty, but recommends as a substitute... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Commentary Source Type: news
Bizarre 'remedies' advertised as containing BRAINS are being sold online for £20
EXCLUSIVE: A British business is selling ' homeopathic treatments that list ingredients like 'brain frontal lobe', mobile phone radiation, as well as viruses found in animals and humans. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Academy of Laser Dentistry ’s Annual Conference is Featuring Expanded Sponsor and Exhibitor Diversity
In Addition to Showcasing Laser Companies, ALD 2023 is Including a Variety of Complementary Products and Services That Can Enhance Today ’s Laser Practice Coral Springs, Fla., March 27, 2023 – The Academy of Laser Dentistry (ALD), an international, professional membership association, recently announced that its upcoming annual conference is showcasing a diverse group of sponsors and exhibitors during its30th anniversary meeting. ALD 2023 is taking place from April 21stto April 22nd in Dallas. According to ALD Executive Director Gail Siminovsky, CA...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - March 29, 2023 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Revealed: How GPs are STILL wasting thousands of pounds of NHS cash on bogus homeopathy 'remedies'
EXCL: Critics have called for the NHS to get a grip on GPs prescribing 'quack' homeopathy drugs at taxpayer expense with family doctors spending almost £150,000 on them in the past four years. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Integrating Homeopathic Medicine Into Nigeria Health System - the Treatment of Poliomyelitis
[Vanguard] "Homeopathy ... cures a larger percentage of cases than any other method ... and is beyond all doubt safer, more economical and the most complete medical science". Mahatma Gandhi (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 23, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
