The news that the number of prescriptions for homeopathic medicines written by GPs in England has nearly halved in just two years coincides with the 20th anniversary of a seminal scientific paper on the subject.
Twenty years ago, in the summer of 1988, the science world was rocked by one of the most controversial research papers ever published in the highly-respected journal Nature.
According to a charismatic French scientist named Jacques Benveniste, pure water could somehow remember what it had previously contained.
Twenty years ago, in the summer of 1988, the science world was rocked by one of the most controversial research papers ever published in the highly-respected journal Nature.
According to a charismatic French scientist named Jacques Benveniste, pure water could somehow remember what it had previously contained.
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Homeopathy prescriptions falling
GP prescriptions for homeopathy have nearly halved in two years, figures show.
The number of prescriptions dropped from 83,000 in 2005 to 49,300 last year, GP magazine Pulse reported.
It comes as the overall number of prescriptions in England is on the rise.
Critics said it represented a shift in attitude against the alternative medicine, but supporters said it was more complex than that.
The therapy is based on the principle of treating like with like.
Well, not only does water have memory (like everything else that exists), it also has feeling. See Dr. Masaru Emoto's research ...
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