CBC Marketplace - Homeopathy: Cure or Con? Part 2 of 2

battleaxegoblin Says:

Nov 3, 2011 - All you do is go around on these videos calling scientists "bigots". I wonder what your self interest is? I bet you make money off of this junk sugar yourself.

battleaxegoblin Says:

Nov 3, 2011 - The reason that those without vaccines are fine is because the majority of people have been vaccinated. Therefore unprotected people like yourself don't come in contact with these diseases to begin with. I am hesitant to trust everything the gov't might tell us to do, but to say that the quality of life would be better without vaccines seems kind of silly.

likeOMGitsUNLTD Says:

Nov 6, 2011 - Honestly, Steven Sager the "cancer specialist" knows something most don't. He calls homeopathy a scam in treating cancer. That may be true, but what he doesn't mention is that chemotherapy and other conventional medicine is ineffective at treating cancer. Chemo and radiation combined have a 2% success rate, and they're in place so it stays that way. Why? They have made a (billion dollar) industry out of cancer research and treatment. They don't want to find a cure! (continued in next comment)

likeOMGitsUNLTD Says:

Nov 6, 2011 - Or more correctly, they don't want us to find the cure! They already know it exists. For one, cannabis oil (oil from the bud of the plant) cures cancer. This is shown in the documentary Run From The Cure (can be found on youtube). You can also google: cannabis cures cancer, cannabinoids and cancer. You will be amazed with what you find. Take care and spread the word.

14sJakeB190 Says:

Nov 10, 2011 - How do you explain it working on animals? They don't know what a pill is or anything for that matter.

manunderyourbed Says:

Nov 18, 2011 - Just google: "placebo and animals" . *sigh*

oveid Says:

Nov 18, 2011 - The israelites, who spawned all white people, including real jews, are going to crush the talmudists, communists, satanists and other perverts and cowards along with holoCOSTianity.

14sJakeB190 Says:

Nov 18, 2011 - The explanations lack absolute facts to disprove it. It's just an explanation of how it wouldn't work. You can explain how anything may or may not work.

Woodlandview Says:

Dec 3, 2011 - Because the animal study wasn't double-blinded. The data was gathered and interpreted by humans - humans in this case who are active proponents of homeopathy. The same results were NOT obtained by independently repeated experiments. So, in short, the animal studies are just more scams. But homeopathy is a billion dollar scam, so it's well worth it.

14sJakeB190 Says:

Dec 3, 2011 - Okay then. Well I guess someone should conduct that study. I'm still not convinced that several scientist would have miscounted.

Nomiss9 Says:

Dec 11, 2011 - That mother should be beaten up.

simonealisa Says:

Dec 28, 2011 - The placebo effect can only be explained when the patient 1) knows they are taking a medicine 2) and secondly believe it works. The thing about homeopathy is, the statistics make it clear that the stuff works even for animals and very young babies who don't understand what medicine or homeopathy is, and that homeopathy also works for people who don't believe in it. My research continues... I don't think this is a black and white issue. Modern science may not be as advanced as we think.

simonealisa Says:

Dec 28, 2011 - herd immunity is impossible to achieve. The reason why unvaccinated people are fine has nothing to do with the "majority" being vaccinated. Do more research and you'll see it's soon obvious, there is something else which is preventing these diseases occurring in the unvaccinated. By the way, when there is an outbreak of something like measles - often times the vaccinated are actually more effected then the unvaccinated. Vaccines are not 100%, far from it.

murdocha Says:

Jan 4, 2012 - I presume you mean "affected" not "effected". The other point is your complete misunderstanding of science and science-based medicine. Nobody ever stated vaccines are 100% effective, that would be a blatant lie. Stop constructing straw man arguments and actually do some research. I suppose you have some genius insight into the recent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in undervaccinated populations?

murdocha Says:

Jan 4, 2012 - How many times can you be wrong in three sentences?The placebo effect occurs when there is an intervention, regardless of the type of intervention. It could be capsule, injection, false accupuncture, or even intercessory prayer. Belief in the intervention is unnecessary. The phenomenon is related to the perception and expectation that the patient has, if they are lead to believe the effect will be positive, it tests positive, if negative, it tests negative (nocebo)....continued

murdocha Says:

Jan 4, 2012 - ...continuedThe placebo effect observed in animals and children is most likely observational bias on the part of the owner or veterinarian. Any positive outcome is construed as being due to the action of the placebo. Any double-blinded placebo controlled study will show that there is no effect beyond placebo in animal testing. If you are truly doing research, it is significantly lacking in depth.

murdocha Says:

Jan 4, 2012 - That is exactly why studies must be peer-reviewed and repeatable. Those studies that are well designed, double-blinded, placebo-controlled show....no effect beyond placebo in case after case.

antitheist1980 Says:

Jan 21, 2012 - Pointing out that water has no memory is not "bigoted".

FeelsLike32 Says:

Feb 7, 2012 - I feel that homeopathy consumers do not really understand what homeopathy is or how the drugs are made. Liquid drugs are literally just water and the pills are literally just sugar, as the tests done in this video have shown. To suggest that a drug dose less than what is measurable by modern technology has any physiological effect is absolutely ridiculous.

dalekdown Says:

Mar 13, 2012 - Do you what was also practised 200 ago? According to my horrible histories book: blood letting, consumption of urine and, need i say more?

jaycdp Says:

Mar 17, 2012 - it is same like otc medication there is no evidence those works. anti depresents does not work without walk and excercise and psychotherapy. so why cost too much for a cheap drug. it apply to every one.......................if you can stop chatering your mind you can stop stress and insomnia.............which further helps your heart and brain..............why charge too much money for prevention of heart attack proven not help.......................it is the angioplasty that works............

halation777 Says:

Mar 23, 2012 - What an incredible narrow-minded and biased "report".

mikeee382 Says:

Apr 1, 2012 - narrow-minded? you kidding? given what homeopathy is, they were soft on them. The oncologist they consulted even was an expert on alternative medicines, ALTERNATIVE, who are considered unsafe or bogus by conventional MDs, and even that guy told you homeopathy was bull, what can you make of that?

mikeee382 Says:

Apr 1, 2012 - as a (1-year-soon-to-be) medical doctor, i seriously believe that mother should be considered a criminal, she has NO IDEA the danger she is putting her child through, and sadly, among those people, wishful thinking spreads like cancer.

Kerberoz01 Says:

Apr 16, 2012 - Consumption of urine is still going on... but it's cow urine instead of human urine. It's called ayurvedic "medicine"Really... can't even make this stuff up. No matter how stupid and lacking in evidence a treatment is, SOMEONE will be gullible enough to believe it works. Give any random garden weed or spice to someone suffering from a cold, and odds are that, a week later, they'll credit it for making them better.