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- soccerman90, on 06/05/2009, -4/+72scientific proof please. Oprah doesnt count
- Kelly64, on 06/05/2009, -11/+71Anyone with a child... heck, anyone who gives a damn about life itself... should read this article.
To be clear: science is imperfect, and sometimes mistakes are made. But don't you want to make decisions based on the best available *evidence*? When it comes to health and life itself, faith, belief, and desire are plainly stupid things to rely on. Only knowledge, experience, and scientific method are sufficient to the task. - madeingermany, on 06/05/2009, -2/+52Yes, but that doesn't work on babies that are seriously ill!*
* For minor illnesses, it might work, because the parents behavior towards the child will change.
Oh and the Placebo-Effect isn't "anti-scientific".
It is just that a double-blind study will rule out that effect to see if the method really helps. - xngk, on 06/05/2009, -6/+47Oh our evil "western" medicine based on "proof" and "standards", always overlooking the miracle cures that ALWAYS work.
because of...uh...money
(this is heavy sarcasm for those of you playing at home) - mksmothers, on 06/05/2009, -6/+42A friend of the family was licensed in Germany in Homeopathy. A relative of mine is bipolar. The homeopath wanted my relative to stop taking lithium and let here treat bipolar with somethign so diluted that it was really water. This stuff kills people. Those who call themselves homeopaths should be arrested for practicing medicine without a license.
By the way there is no such thing as "alternative" medicine. Its either medicine, or it isn't. - ranknfile, on 06/05/2009, -17/+53As anti-scientific as it may be, never underestimate the healing power of the placebo effect.
- mxxz, on 06/05/2009, -3/+38Clearly it doesn't. The evidence is one link away at the top of the page. Your ignorance astounds me.
- MelekTawus, on 06/05/2009, -4/+37The placebo effect has been abused by con-men and charlatans forever, and they will continue to do so. Placebos work great when the problem is all in your head. Just as God has never healed an amputee, a placebo will never cure cancer.
- thenativeraver, on 06/05/2009, -6/+34Anyone want to buy any snake oil? It'll cure cancer, aids, even swineflu!
- mksmothers, on 06/05/2009, -3/+30No, it doesn't. Prove through a double blind study that it does, or sit the ***** down and shut the ***** up, because you are deluding yourself.
- kartman2001, on 06/05/2009, -2/+26What do you mean "get over yourself , western medicine". Homeopathy started in Europe dummy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeopathy - merreborn, on 06/05/2009, -3/+26Yeah, the placebo effect works.
You know what works even better, though? Real medicine. - LucidHawk, on 06/05/2009, -2/+23The sad thing is that Homeopathy is still very prevalent.
Don't believe me?
Go to your local drug store (doesn't matter what drug store) and look at a few dozen random "drug" products.
Your bound to find a number of Homeopathic products on the shelf. - ironhide, on 06/05/2009, -2/+22Care to explain why?
- trolleyfan, on 06/05/2009, -1/+19Well, bye then...
- maliath, on 06/05/2009, -3/+21I cannot believe all of the morons who are posting. What has digg become? Half of the posts I see these days are angsty teens, extreme right/left wing nutjobs, and fringe faith pushers who are into homeopathy, anecdotal stores, and self-important proclamations about how science, universities and medicine are terrible products of the West.
What happened to the academics, IT professionals, engineers and programmers? - inactive, on 06/05/2009, -0/+18Oh sure, it works fine for minor ailments, but that's just the placebo effect there. You can get the same effect with sugar pills if you truly believe they're actual medication.
- inactive, on 06/05/2009, -1/+19Yet neither of you two can dispute what he says.
- dygel, on 06/05/2009, -2/+20Yeah, it did wonders for Gloria Thomas.
- footandwine, on 06/05/2009, -2/+19Did you hear about the Homeopath who drank a glass of distilled water and died of an overdose?
- inactive, on 06/05/2009, -0/+16Having majored in psychology in college, it frightens me how often people rely on "common sense" and "intuition" over science and rationality. You'd be surprised how often common sense leads you astray because our brains are imperfectly wired and make short cuts that lead to wrong conclusions. And, for instance, if I see a man bleeding on the sidewalk and I'm surrounded by a crowd of people, my intuition is going to tell me to just do what everyone else is doing, and that's obviously not the right thing to do.
- ApokalypseNow, on 06/05/2009, -1/+17@ironhide
@nicegeek
mdhensley5 doesn't accept evidence-based logic - he prefers snap judgements, baseless assertions, and opinion to fact and reason. - s73v3r, on 06/05/2009, -0/+15But will it stop my door from squeaking?
- inactive, on 06/05/2009, -2/+17Oh, clearly doctors have never helped anyone.
Ass. - nullcodes, on 06/05/2009, -5/+20People will always flock to homeopathy, astrology, new age BS, etc. why? because they need easy solutions, and they need to do ***** that feels hopeful. I don't see how scientific thought and rationality can win out. Frankly I am amazed civilization got to this point. Most people aren't interested in science ..it's too complicated and nerds are annoying, they want to rely on their own "common sense" .. which may be totally wrong but at least instills a confidence.
We decide whom and what to trust by personality cults, and our own prejudices. - mksmothers, on 06/05/2009, -4/+19anecdotes != evidence.
- fileerror, on 06/05/2009, -7/+21Don't be such a homeopath.
- SpinningHead, on 06/05/2009, -0/+14Um...please explains the $15 dollar bottles with a few pills of homeopathic pills that contain a few grains of various herbs vs $4 for generic medication that was actually researched and tested.
- Broan, on 06/05/2009, -1/+15Yes I am sure they go to school for 14 years of their life just to screw you guys over.
- Rikkochet, on 06/05/2009, -0/+14The key point here is that homeopathy is not medicine. They aren't licensed by the medical body.
- mksmothers, on 06/05/2009, -0/+14Good catch. Let me clarify. She was licensed in Germany but peddling her wares in California.
- Royish, on 06/05/2009, -2/+15James Randi approves of this article.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2785985155 ... - SpinningHead, on 06/05/2009, -0/+13I think we all need to fly on planes designed by farmers because all those engineers spent all those years in school just to put one over on us.
Everyone knows chemo is toxic. Its a last resort to try and kill the cancer. Sometimes it kills the (terminal) patient in the process. Unfortunately, there is no evidence that any magic herb or mineral cures cancer. - teabizket, on 06/05/2009, -3/+16Tell that to these idiots running around claiming our Earth in only 6,000 years old, and Jesus rode the T-Rex Dart to do his miracles... --but I digress. I'm sure I'll get buried for not staying on point.
- mksmothers, on 06/05/2009, -1/+13Astronomers use the scientific medicine, homepathists don't.
- takamalak, on 06/05/2009, -0/+12You stupid, dumb, retarded *****. I feel bad for the men in your life that have to put up with your hokey ***** spewing from your mouth.
- inactive, on 06/05/2009, -1/+13He sources doctors like Steven Novella
- thenativeraver, on 06/05/2009, -0/+12That's right, instead of seeking medical assistance when you're diagnosed with cancer, you should just sit on your fat ass and pray, cause jeebus will cure what ails ya!
/sarc - CRCulver, on 06/05/2009, -0/+12I remember seeing a "homeopathic" pill promising to prevent hangover among the impulse buy items at drugstore checkouts. Reading the instructions revealed that you were supposed to take the pill with one liter of water. As most hangovers are cured by simple dehydration, just downing the glass of water without any pill would do the trick just fine, but I wonder how many people tried the product, found it works, and have now completely bought into homeopathy.
- takamalak, on 06/05/2009, -2/+13Ah, a bunch of religious ***** don't like what Phil has to say.
- ralph123, on 06/05/2009, -0/+11[Citation needed]
- PhoenixAvatar2, on 06/05/2009, -3/+14Tried and true? Find me some published articles saying that it works please.
- Rikkochet, on 06/05/2009, -1/+11Agreed.
But we're talking about a dependent child. You can't legislate people to stop being stupid, but you can prevent them from torturing another human being over their stupid beliefs. - Rapter09, on 06/05/2009, -0/+10When they have no hope their peers say "Look to God for the answer!"
and when the answer doesn't come they say "God helps those that help themselves"
and when faith isn't the answer... well... death is a harsh master. - cmallinson, on 06/05/2009, -0/+10Seriously? The FDA monitors your "water" product, and says what about it? It's not dangerous? Of course not - it's ***** water. The only reason these products are backed by "professional American doctors" is because they are easy to sell for "real American dollars".
- inactive, on 06/05/2009, -0/+10no, you're on point. you can't reason with the unreasonable.
- suburbanWMD, on 06/05/2009, -3/+13You can't just call something scientific. Homeopathy isn't scientific. If the placebo effect works for you, go crazy, just don't misrepresent it.
- geodebug, on 06/05/2009, -0/+10They have jobs/lives and don't have time to waste on Digg.
- ralph123, on 06/05/2009, -1/+10Uhm, I hate to point that out, but this story is about a baby and its parents making decisions for it that ultimately lead to its death.
So what exactly does your comment have to do with the issue at hand? -
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