{"id":248,"date":"2008-02-15T10:27:03","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T05:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smritiweb.com\/navin\/general\/whats-the-harm-in-homeopathy"},"modified":"2008-02-14T16:35:53","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T11:35:53","slug":"whats-the-harm-in-homeopathy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smritiweb.com\/navin\/general\/whats-the-harm-in-homeopathy","title":{"rendered":"What’s the harm in homeopathy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

whatstheharm.net<\/a> is a website that is collecting together information on the harm caused by various non-scientific or pseudo-scientific disciplines like alternative medicine (e.g. homeopathy), paranormal phenomena (e.g. astral projections) etc. This is essentially an answer to the standard question – “Even if you don’t believe in it, what’s the harm in trying it out?” For example, here are the first two entries from their homeopathy page<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Jacqueline Alderslade<\/p>\n

Age: 55
\nHollymount, County Mayo, Ireland<\/p>\n

Died (asthma attack)
\nJuly 2001
\nA homeopath told her to give up her asthma medication. She later died of an asthma attack.
\nLorie Atikian<\/p>\n

Age: 17 months
\nOntario, Canada<\/p>\n

Died (malnutrition, pneumonia)
\nSeptember 25, 1987
\nLorie’s parents, concerned about modern food additives, were advised to give her an organic vegetarian diet. She was also treated with herbal & homeopathic remedies and an energy machine. Her parents were convicted of neglect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To be fair, I haven’t really looked at this website with a critical eye, and it is quite possible (likely?) that it errs in the opposite direction – by over-representing the problems. But then again, fairness and accuracy have never been my strong points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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