Steve Scrutton Homeopathy - RCT Science and Homeopathy

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Evidence 3. RCT Evidence

Randomised Controlled Tests (RCTs) are the third, and arguably the least important type of evidence supporting homeopathy. Despite this, there is a considerable body of RCT evidence now available, mostly developed during the past 10-15 years, and which has demonstrated that homeopathy is an effective medical therapy.

In order to see this evidence, look at the following sources, where RCT evidence has been collected and discussed, and made available for study.

The Emerging Science of Homeopathy. Complexity, Biodynamics and Nanopharmacology. Paolo Bellavite, Andrea Signorini. North Atlantic Books, Berkeley (2002).

The Trials of Homeopathy. Origins, structure and development. Michael Emmans Dean. KVG/Verlag, Essen (2004).

Research in Homeopathy. Robert Medhurst A list of over 200 studies, some of them conducted with animals and plants.

The website of the Homeopathic Research Institute, where RCT trials on homeopathy are list by medical condition.

Scientific research in Homeopathy The website of Dr Nancy Malik, BHMS.

The European Network of Homeopathy Researches. An overview of positive homeopathy research and surveys

If you examine this evidence, the claim that 'there is no evidence for homeopathy', or that 'homeopathy is no more than placebo' will be seen for what they are:

the anti-homeopathy rhetoric of the conventional medical establishment.