For many, homeopathy is quackery based on unscientific principles, but those who regularly use homeopathic treatments hold a very different view. So what's going on? [Image source: iStockPhoto] The ...

Homeopathy traces its roots back to Germany with the work of physician Samuel Hahnemann in the late 1700s. The country has embraced this practice from its early beginning and has supported it over the ...

Medical experts in Australia have concluded that an alternative form of medicine called homeopathy doesn’t have enough evidence to support its effectiveness. The idea behind homeopathy is that ...

Perhaps you remember when scientists debunked homeopathy in 2002. Or 2010. Or 2014. But now a major Australian study analyzing over 1,800 papers has shown that homeopathy, the alternative treatment ...

Homeopathic remedies are a popular type of alternative treatment based on the concept that a tiny amount of illness-causing substances can be diluted and transformed into natural medicines to cure any ...

Behind an arched stone facade in Heidelberg, Germany, Natalie Grams spent years welcoming patients into bright rooms with plastered white walls and hardwood floors. As a homeopathic physician, she ...

Homeopathy is a type of alternative medicine based on the belief that the body can cure itself. Developed in the late 1700s in Germany, homeopathy uses tiny amounts of natural substances, such as ...

Ian Musgrave receives funding from the NH&MRC to investigate contaminants and adulterants in herbal medicine. In the past he has received funding from the ARC to investigate Alzheimer's disease, and ...

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 ...

The widely touted benefits of homeopathic drugs are merely placebo effects, a new study suggests. Clinical trials almost always show that patients given inactive sugar pills — placebos — do better ...

I was a dedicated scientist about to begin a PhD in neuroscience when, out of the blue, homeopathy bit me on the proverbial bottom. Science had been my passion since I began studying biology with Mr ...

As the race for a cure or vaccine intensifies, medical researchers and doctors have been experimenting with different drugs, medicines to see if there is a possible cure for the problem. Alternative ...