tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753436815554769132.post8171799540625891373..comments2024-03-12T09:18:33.410+00:00Comments on Four Dollars, Almost Five: A reply to homeopath Sheelagh Behanrhiggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16246371823456833408noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753436815554769132.post-25162519799982641972010-12-02T17:38:17.840+00:002010-12-02T17:38:17.840+00:00See here for further discussion of the piglet stud...See <a href="http://moteprime.org/article.php?id=39" rel="nofollow">here</a> for further discussion of the piglet study. <br /><br />Notably, it seems that the administration of the treatment was not blind, meaning the researchers knew which pigs had received the homeopathic remedies thoughout the study. This means bias could easily creep in (even unintentionally) and alter the way the researchers treated the animals, thus affecting the outcome.<br /><br />Also, they only compared homeopathy to placebo and strangely didn't include an antibiotic group. So they claim in their title that homeopathy could replace antibiotics, but their study doesn't even address this claim.<br /><br />This study would never have been accepted in a reputable scientific journal.rhiggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16246371823456833408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5753436815554769132.post-14869260315946093872010-10-11T20:23:30.414+01:002010-10-11T20:23:30.414+01:00 Would you believe that leeches are currently ... Would you believe that leeches are <i>currently</i> in use? It seems that imperfections in some surgeries cause a condition in which (during the healing time) blood is apt to pool in some particular region and this can cause problems. Leeches remove the pooled blood.Pvblivshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17931937272948538181noreply@blogger.com