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Papers, listed by lead author: D
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Day, C.E., (1984) Prevention of stillbirth in pigs using homoeopathy (short communication) Veterinary Record Vol. 114 p. 216
A trial carried out, on a single herd of pigs by one of the chief promoters of veterinary homeopathy in the UK, former head honcho of the British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons Chris Day. No blinding, no controls and even the author concedes the fact that stillbirth in pigs is a highly complex problem involving, among other potential causes, infection, stress and quality of stockmanship, is rarely attributable to one single factor and that spontaneous improvement is common.
The author is plainly trying to make a point with this pig’s ear of a study but as far as evidence in favour of homeopathy goes it just doesn’t bring home the bacon - what a boar!
Links: [None available online - (let me know otherwise)]
Responses: [quackometer - the vets who make people feel better ]
Dantas, F., (2005) Are the clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effects? Lancet, Vol. 366, no. 9503, p. 2083 (this article is a response to Shang et al, 2005)
Links: [full text, Lancet]
de Verdier, K. et al (2003) No effect of a homeopathic preparation on neonatal calf diarrhoea in a randomised double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial Acta Vet Scand Vol. 44 pp. 97-101
“... These results support the widely held opinion that scientific proof for the efficacy of veterinary homeopathy is lacking. In the European Union this implies a considerable risk for animal welfare, since in some countries priority is given to homeopathic treatments in organic farming.”
Dayenas, E., Beauvais, F., Amara, J., Oberbaum, M., Robinzon, B., Miadonna, A., Tedeschit, A., Pomeranz, B., Fortner, P., Belon, P., Sainte-Laudy, J., Poitevin, B., Benveniste, J., (1988) Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE E. Nature Vol. 333 no. 30 pp. 816-818
Links: [abstract - pub med ]:[abstract - Nature ]:[full text - Criticando Kardec OA, pdf ]
Responses: [refutation - Maddox et al ]
Responses: [refutation -
Dominici, G., P Bellavite, C., di Stanislao, P., Gulia and Pitari, G., (2006) Double-blind, placebo-controlled homeopathic pathogenetic trials: Symptom collection and analysis Homeopathy Vol. 95 pp. 123-130
“If confirmed by other studies these results would demonstrate the nonequivalence between homeopathic medicines in high dilution and placebo and contribute to the improvement of proving methodology and evaluation.”
Links: [abstract - pub med ]
"For many reasons—including their inability to stand idle and do nothing... Clinicians want to relieve suffering.We find it difficult to do nothing (the aphorism “Don’t just do something, stand there!” seems ludicrous)..."
Links: [full text, html, bmj]:[full text, pdf, BMJ]
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