What did the Lancet editorial say?
The editorial was titled The End of Homeopathy and it basically says that homeopathy is nothing but placebo and the doctors should be bold and honest to tell this truth about homeopathy to their patients. It also says that the lack of personalized care also drives people towards alternative means like homeopathy. Some more facts about the analysis. Out of the total 110 studies used, the percentage of studies as per clinical topics was as follows: Respiratory-tract infections 21 (19%) Pollinosis and asthma 16 (15%) Gynaecology and obstetrics 14 (13%) Surgery and anaesthetics 12 (11%) Gastroenterology 12 (11%) Musculoskeletal disorders 11 (10%) Neurology 10 (9%) Other 14 (13%) Among homoeopathy trials 48 (44%) concerned clinical homoeopathy, 35 (32%) complex homoeopathy, 18 (16%) classical homoeopathy, and eight (7%) isopathy. On page two (p. 727), researchers, led by Aijing Shang, PhD, of the University of Berne, described the four types of homeopathy studies they included in their meta
