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Prevalence and associated factors with homeopathy use in Brazil: a population-based study
Cad Saude Publica. 2022 Sep 23;38(9):e00261821. doi: 10.1590/0102-311XEN261821. eCollection 2022.ABSTRACTDespite the controversy about its efficacy, homeopathy is considered a medical practice alternative to the conventional medical model. Prevalence of homeopathy use varies greatly among countries and the literature has conflicting evidence about the relation between sociodemographic factors and health conditions associated with homeopathy use. We aim to estimate the prevalence of homeopathy use and its association with self-perceived health status, depression, and sociodemographic factors. We used data from 90,846 partic...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - September 28, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alexandre Faisal-Cury Daniel Maur ício de Oliveira Rodrigues Source Type: research

Media and homeopathy : Reporting between proximity to lobbyism and distance from science.
Abstract Media coverage of homeopathy frequently appears outside the evidence-based scientific context compared to other medical topics, even though it is good and accepted journalistic practice to report on medicine and health in an evidence-based way.Starting from the previous lack of systematic analyses or empirical data on homeopathy in the media, the authors present a narrative approach to the topic based on their years of observation of the media landscape from the perspective of science-based homeopathy criticism. As an explanatory hypothesis for the many media contributions on homeopathy that are far from...
Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - December 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Grams N, Endruscheit U Tags: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Source Type: research

Evidence-based medicine and prejudice-based medicine: the case of homeopathy.
Abstract In recent decades an important social movement related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine has been identified worldwide. In Brazil, although homeopathy was recognized as a specialist medical area in 1980, few medical schools offer courses related to it. In a previous study, 176 resident doctors at the University of Campinas Medical School were interviewed and 86 (49%) rejected homeopathy as a subject in the core medical curriculum. Thus, this qualitative study was conducted to understand their reasons for refusing. 20 residents from 15 different specialist areas were interviewed. Very few of them a...
Source: Cadernos de Saude Publica - November 1, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Barros NF, Fiuza AR Tags: Cad Saude Publica Source Type: research

Homeopathy: from tradition to science?
Abstract Homeopathy is a form of therapy based on the similarity (“similia similibus curantur”, like cures like), whose popularity is increasing but whose scientific basis is still under discussion. Starting from the premise that it is a “holistic” medicine, programmatically aimed at the whole person in its entirety and individuality, here we go through an overview of his history, basic concepts and scientific evidence. This therapy was founded by Samuel Hahnemann in the late 18th century, although similar concepts existed previously. It has spread around the world in the 19th century, in part because of i...
Source: Journal of Medicine and the Person - December 11, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research

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