In case you are new here and don’t know, the ‘ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE HALL OF FAME’ is an illustrious group of people researching so-called alternative medicine (SCAM). They have been elected [by myself] for one main reason: they have managed to go through their entire carrer publishing nothing but positive results related to their ‘pet SCAM’.
So far, the group consists of:
- Josef M Schmid (homeopathy, Germany)
- Meinhard Simon (homeopathy, Germany)
- Richard C. Niemtzow (acupuncture, US)
- Helmut Kiene (anthroposophical medicine, Germany)
- Helge Franke (osteopathy, Germany)
- Tery Oleson (acupressure , US)
- Jorge Vas (acupuncture, Spain)
- Wane Jonas (homeopathy, US)
- Harald Walach (various SCAMs, Germany)
- Andreas Michalsen ( various SCAMs, Germany)
- Jennifer Jacobs (homeopath, US)
- Jenise Pellow (homeopath, South Africa)
- Adrian White (acupuncturist, UK)
- Michael Frass (homeopath, Austria)
- Jens Behnke (research officer, Germany)
- John Weeks (editor of JCAM, US)
- Deepak Chopra (entrepreneur, US)
- Cheryl Hawk (chiropractor, US)
- David Peters (osteopathy, homeopathy, UK)
- Nicola Robinson (TCM, UK)
- Peter Fisher (homeopathy, UK)
- Simon Mills (herbal medicine, UK)
- Gustav Dobos (various SCAMs, Germany)
- Claudia Witt (homeopathy, Germany/Switzerland)
- George Lewith (acupuncture, UK)
- John Licciardone (osteopathy, US)
Inspired by my post from yesterday which focussed on a study by NAFKAM, I had a look at the director of this institute, Miek C Jong. Her pet SCAM seems to be homeopathy. She has published, as far as I can see, 4 clinical trials and two reviews of homeopathy (in case I have missed any, please let me know). Here are the links and key sentences from all of these papers:
CLINICAL TRIALS
- …the added value of homeopathy compared with usual care was demonstrated by significant differences in symptom score changes…
- An integrative treatment approach where SilAtro-5-90 (a homeopathic product) is given alongside mainstream symptomatic treatment may bring therapeutic benefit to patients suffering from recurrent tonsillitis.
- Both complex homeopathic products led to a comparable reduction of URTIs.
- In primary care, homeopathic treatment for acute respiratory and ear complaints was not inferior to conventional treatment.
REVIEWS
- This meta-analysis revealed that the proportion of patients experiencing adverse effects was significantly higher when receiving conventional medicine and herbs, compared to patients receiving homeopathy.
- Our systematic evaluation demonstrated that the reporting rate of ADRs associated with anthroposophic and homeopathic solutions for injection is very low.
I hope you agree that publishing all these homeopathy-papers without even a hint of a negative finding is a remarkable effort (bearing in mind that trials of highly diluted homeopathic remedies are, in fact, testing one placebo against another) In my view, this achievement is so remarkable that, today, I take the pleasure to admit Miek Jong into my ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE HALL OF FAME.
WELCOME MIEK JONG!
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Don’t you forget Prof. Huber?
https://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/naturheilkunde/lehre-weiterbildung.html
One of the aims of his facilitating club “Verein zur Förderung der Naturheilkunde am Universitätsklinikum Freiburg e.V.” (https://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/naturheilkunde/foerderverein.html):
“That naturopathic treatment options are improved for patients (reimbursement by statutory and private health insurance companies, preservation of proven remedies).”
The Center received a promotion by sCAM-Company “Weleda” (https://www.uniklinik-freiburg.de/naturheilkunde/bereich-anthroposophisch-medizinische-forschung-bamf/praeklinische-forschung-zur-anthroposophischen-medizin/kooperationen-und-foerderung.html).
The questioning of 43 participants (!) providing that people feel good after strolling through the forest.
“Waldstudie” is the thesis of the young colleague Mrs. Sättele:
“Highly sensitive persons (HSP), due to their subtle perception, intensely perceive stimuli that others might not even consciously notice.”
“There was no information on the variance/standard deviation of the CSP-14 in our setting.”
“Both stays in the forest and in the field result in improved emotional well-being measured with a POMS questionnaire. […] CSP-14 total scores and especially feelings of security and vitality were better after staying in the forest compared to staying on a field.” 🫣
The intensity of these effects is probably modified by the season and the weather.
It should also be mentioned that the study was financed by the Müller-Bull foundation”
Really? Is it so cheap to be entitled as a doctor of Medicine?
what’s his specific SCAM?