Magic or Medicine - Homeopathy and the NHS (Part 2 of 2)

[MrOttopants]

Notice the Radiohead song as the background at around 5min.

[inkstersco]

Sarah Marr speakss with the ' funny wee S ' that Billy Connolly says all crank women have.

[israSelah]

seems the makers of the film do not have any questions regarding homeopathy, but struggle with their concepts of what must be the cause for patient's betterment or cure - the psychological effects, the placebo. If a person felt good after a conversation, or in a beautiful room, concluding that this is in fact the cure is a bit em.. misleading. Very Bad. Colour of Your room or clothes also has effect,any energy - but homeopathy as we know works for babies and pets, plants too, no psycho tricks.

[emilywemilynemily]

homeopathy = pile of shit. end of story

[missjames123]

What's wrong with that? You must be kidding! People are being prescribed homeopathic remedies on the NHS which means that we as taxpayers are funding treatments that DO NOT WORK. Meanwhile, worthwhile medicines with an evidece-base behind them are being shelved by NICE due to cost restrictions. Seems like logic has been reversed to me.

[ScoAusU]

So many people out there seem to be really attacking Homeopathy, and getting really angry about it, which I find strange. And the people who believe, seem to just praise its help, and they attack nobody who does not believe in it. If it makes people feel better, what can be wrong with that?

[victorscarlet]

@ScoAusU because its a scam

[lardhat]

@ScoAusU

So i take it you didn't even watch the video you're commenting on, which answers your stupid question. Correct?

[ScoAusU]

@lardhat

Sorry I didn't see your reply to my comment.

And as you seem to be they type of person who only understands rudeness.

Why dont you go take a flying fuck to yourself.

That is if you tiny narrow minded little pea brain can work that out.

Just hope you never get a serious illness one day, and discover how useless, and dangerous conventional medicine can be. NOT ALWAYS IS, but CAN BE.

[lardhat]

@ScoAusU

Yes, conventional medicine can be useless sometimes. But that's not a good reason to resort to stupidity.

Why am i narrow minded? I'm always open to consider any justified possibilities. My criterion is quite easy: evidence. That's as broad as a mind should be. Because if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.

Is your mind open to the possibility that homeopathy is a useless scam that tends to affect dumb and ignorant people the most? Or are YOU narrow minded? ;)

[jamesbondking]

homeopathy works...... my advice to all you tube members is , please request to delete this misguiding video. Homeopathy is very safe and effective system of medicine.

I feel after viewing this video is that it is the fear of the modern medicine doctors and pharmacist that they will loss their position, its just jealous...and professional ego that that is making them campaining aganist homeopathy.

TRY HOMEOPATHY AND PROTECT YOUR HEALTH-FAMILY HEALTH-STATE HEALTH-COUNTRY HEALTH-WORLD HEALTH

[SisifosGR]

@jamesbondking lol typical.

If someone doesnt agree with you just shut him up with illegal, immoral practices.

Not to mention that you do NOT have any proof for your claim that homeopathy works.

/watch?v=s8XYUixuw8g

[ExposeHomeopathy]

@jamesbondking James - you're talking our of your arse. This is EXACTLY the sort of video that needs to be out in the public domain. A lot of people don't know how much pseudoscience and wishful thinking bollocks pervades homeopathy. Before I investigated it, I assumed there were active ingredients in the solutions. I also assumed there was quality trials showing people got better.

I was wrong and want others to be informed, especially as we pay £4million/year in taxes towards this rubbish.

[Draugo]

"I would take this remedy every winter myself and haven't contracted the flu"... so, I don't even take the flu shots (I know I should for herd immunity, but I'm lazy and don't like needles) and I haven't contracted the seasonal flu either, ever. That proves nothing because of the percentages in question.

I just hate the amount of logical fallacies and utter nonsense these people spout.

[luisgarcia28]

@Draugo Totally agree. There is a SCIENTIFIC way of approaching this and that was the point of one of the physicians interviewed. I, being a physician, have absolutely no qualms about giving "herbal" medications like peppermint for intestinal colics as I KNOW how it works blocking calcium channels and inhibiting smooth muscle contraction. This has been extensively studied. As a lot of medications come from plants (eg. foxglove-digoxin) this is logical. When NO evidence is available it's BS.

[ReddmanDGZ]

This is just pure crap. This BS should be shot down just like any snake oil.

[grubelsucht]

If you are old enough to have had a smallpox vaccination (see the round burnlike scar on your shoulder?), you have had homeopathy. Money motivates a great part of the allopathic argument against alternative medicine, for which Americans paid 13 billion last year, and the allopaths want that action. UCLA and other universities offer courses in acupuncture and oriental medicine to its medical students for just that reason. Of physicians, 80% believe god helps their cures. Scientific?

[SpookyFan]

@grubelsucht While 80% of physicians may be religious, I seriously doubt the majority of them would say that a god helps their cures.

[grubelsucht]

@SpookyFan chronicle.uchicago(dot)edu/050­714/doctorsfaith--.shtml

[grubelsucht]

@SpookyFan I googled "physicians religious," and since there were over 4 million hits for it, I did not trouble to again find the exact article I referred to. I got the Chicago U thing above. This one says only "influences" their care. Whatever the percentage, "religious" implies that these physicians believe in the supernatural, except, of course, for the cause-and-effect Buddhists. Society wastes education on such hidebound religious bigots and their fantasies. It was 76%, not the 80%.

[anothergazman]

@grubelsucht Actually what you would get was a dose of cow pox NOT a homeopathic style medcine. The early vaccination was literaly pus from cow pox sores, undilluted and put under the skin by scratching the patient with a needle. The patient would get a weak bout of cow pox and small pox immunity would result.

[Salladsdressing]

Homeopathy is a classic case of counting the HITS (people getting better) and not counting the MISSES (people who don't).

Ask anyone who say they believe in homeopathy if they have heard about many people who didn't get better or got worse or even died? 

[goldragon988]

Nice Led Zeppelin in the end. Oh and, yeah, nice program.

[losarman]

i had a friend with bone cancer that insisted on being homeopathically treated. he died.

´i would like to sat that they aresafer but cant prove it´. i would like to say that i am a brain surgeon but i cant prove it either

[godfree2canada]

Samantha Poling investigates why she wears a cross, we'll never see that journalism

[takotheoktopus]

@godfree2canada

I commented on that in the first part of this video. Glad to see I'm not the only one who noticed.

[hardinmichael1981]

@godfree2canada Who CARES why she wears a cross? I'm an atheist but I have some perspective.

[reasonnotgod]

i saw dr ratsy when i was 6 years old because i was too thin. I am now 6 stone overweight!!! homeopathic treatment works people...honest

[flyingfisbeefilms]

@reasonnotgod Yes but you haven't proven it was homeopathy....many people put on weight at a later stage of growth - how about diet - environment - stress or lack of...allergies to certain foods etc etc etc - just stating a change - is because of homeopathy is silly. I've been "thin" all my life. My family were "thin" -genetics maybe?

[weavehole]

@flyingfisbeefilms

I think he/she was joking...

[flyingfisbeefilms]

@weavehole It was late and I was tired LOL! OOPs now I look at the comment he/she was joking! Thanks for calling me out on that!

[weavehole]

@flyingfisbeefilms

:)

[reasonnotgod]

@flyingfisbeefilms i wasn't very clear with what i wrote...i was trying to be a little tongue in cheek. I did actually see dr ratsy and it's always been a family joke that the homeopathy worked because now i am fat. I think all homeopathy is a joke...except things like arnica...but that isn't really homepathic, more herbal

[Ainulindale21]

There's a lot of sneaky Radiohead in this program

[adamvallieres01]

because 50% of peoples illness's are in their imagination doesnt mean that this helps, people are doltz

[Subfightr]

Thank you!