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Research recently published in the European Journal of Integrative Medicine (using data from the ISTAT survey on “Health status of the population and use of health services” (2004–2005): sample size 104,000, 18+ adults) show that around 15% of Italian adults have been treated with a CAM therapy (in last 3 years). 
 
The most popular therapies used in Italy were some type of ‘manipulation’ therapy and homeopathy (around a half of these users had used either one, or both).
 
Just under 25% of these people had used herbal medicine and around 15% had used acupuncture.
 
The research showed that CAM usage was more frequent among highly educated and upper-middle class people, women, middle-aged people - and in Northern Italy. It was found that people with chronic diseases used CAM more frequently.
 
Most CAM users reported complete satisfaction with their treatments.
 
Complete satisfaction ratings were: acupuncture (61%); herbal medicine (69%); homeopathy (71%); manual treatments(78%).
 
There were also “high satisfaction” ratings from individuals with chronic conditions.
 
The strongest determinants of ‘complete satisfaction’ with their CAM treatments were found amongst those who “refused to combine conventional medicine and CAM”.

In an article published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a group of Indian researchers have reported on their study on the successful use of homeopathy in the management of various symptoms encountered during the menopause.
 
They undertook an observational study over a 1 year period which centred on assessing 15 predefined symptoms of menopause.
 
They found that homeopathy was useful in relieving hot flushes, night sweats, anxiety, palpitation, depression and insomnia.

Swedish court rules: 'Doctors can recommend homeopathy'. See original article here.

The Supreme Administrative Court has recently ruled that Swedish doctors can openly recommend homeopathy to their patients. Until recently homeopathy had not been accepted by the Swedish health authorities as an official therapeutic approach, and doctors in Sweden were not allowed to prescribe homeopathic medicines.

The court case began several years ago when a medical doctor, who was trained in homeopathy in the UK and used this therapy in his practice, was put on probation by the Medical Responsibility Board (Hälso- och Sjukvårdens AnsvarsNämnd - HSAN). The doctor appealed the decision on the grounds that he just used homeopathy when the patient requested it and only when conventional treatment had turned out to be ineffective. After being sentenced in two lower courts, he was forbidden to use homeopathy. The verdict claimed that homeopathy is unscientific, thus ignoring the growing evidence base of the effectiveness of homeopathy.
 
Just recently, after years of discrimination against him and his patients, his case came at last to the highest court. This court decided that patients were not exposed to any danger and the doctor had used scientific knowledge when it was necessary.
 
The implications of this decision are that from now on qualified medical personnel are allowed to use homeopathy. The verdict has already led to much publicity in Sweden and a rapidly increasing interest in homeopathy and other complementary therapies.