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Chemists should be forced to mark 'nonsense' homeopathic remedies as 'placebos' to stop customers being misled

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Dr Tom Dolphin, from the BMA's junior doctors committee, said that he had previously described homeopathy as witchcraft but now wanted to apologise to witches for making the link.

I thought I had found an advantage to the US healthcare system over Britain's NHS, that at least my tax dollars weren't being used so some person could get free quack medicine.  Then I stumbled onto the NCCAM, a department of the National Institutes of Health, spending $132 million on quackery, far surpassing Britain's £4 million.

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More support for the argument- couples should be certified before becoming parents.

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Daniel was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma and stopped chemotherapy in February after a single treatment. He and his parents opted instead for "alternative medicines" based on their religious beliefs.

"My son is not in any medical danger at this point," Colleen Hauser

90 percent chance of being cured with chemotherapy and radiation. Without those treatments, doctors said his chances of survival are 5 percent