Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy, the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's 2010 report from the Stationery Office, published 22 February 2010, concluded that homeopathy performs no better than placebo, recommended the National Health Service stop funding it, and that the medicines regulator not license homeopathic products to carry treatment claims. Its strength is that it is a formal parliamentary committee's own evidence based inquiry, drawing on submitted expert testimony. Its limit is that it is a policy committee's conclusion rather than a laboratory study itself; the clinical evidence it reviewed is available in the primary trials it cites.
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Evidence Check 2: Homeopathy, the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee's 2010 report from the Stationery Office, the top tier reflecting a formal parliamentary committee's own evidence based inquiry drawing on submitted expert testimony. Its limit is that it is a policy committee's conclusion rather than a laboratory study itself; the clinical evidence it reviewed is available in the primary trials it cites. NotesPublished 22 February 2010; concluded homeopathy works no better than placebo, recommended the NHS stop funding it, and that the MHRA not license homeopathic products as medicines able to carry treatment claims.
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AuthorHouse of Commons Science and Technology Committee
PublisherThe Stationery Office
Publication Year2010
Source TypeGovernment report
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