The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled homeopathic remedies made by a company called Terra-Medica because they may contain actual medicine -- possibly penicillin or derivatives of the ...

There’s currently little to no evidence that homeopathy is effective for treating diabetes. You can usually treat it with a change in diet, exercise, and prescription medications to manage blood sugar ...

An incorrectly-made homeopathic medicine resulted in a man presenting to the emergency room being unable to properly see, speak, or move. A 53 year old man in Germany became seriously ill and required ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun endorsing alternative medicines — some widely discredited by medical authorities. WHO began encouraging the public to explore these treatment options via ...

Homeopathy, an alternative medicine system founded over 200 years ago, operates on the principle that substances causing symptoms can also treat them, but its effectiveness for migraine lacks strong ...

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Retailers sell alternative remedies as safe and effective, even though no evidence backs up their marketing, lawsuits filed by the Center for Inquiry claim. The Center for Inquiry earlier sued CVS ...

Or are alternative homeopathic treatments—which produce no provable results according to science, yet which are still recommended by some doctors—some combination of natural remedy and mind game?

There is no scientific evidence that homeopathy can cure NHL or any other medical condition; studies suggest it is no more effective than a placebo. While homeopathy might provide a placebo effect ...

Britain’s Prince Charles has come under fire after becoming the patron of a group that endorses homeopathic medicine. The Prince of Wales, who is next in line to the throne, was announced as a patron ...