Click here to see a short film documenting the successful work of NGO ‘Homeopathy for Health in Africa’ treating AIDS widows and patients in Northern Tanzania with homeopathy. This film was made by the Homeopathy Action Trust and cost nearly £10,000 to produce. It was sponsored solely by donations received by the Homeopathy Action Trust. If you would like to support their work to help them make more films about homeopathy around the world – click here to donate. The highest donation received by 20th June will win a gorgeous £150 Ottolenghi Hamper!

Two interesting studies showing how effective homeopathy is in treating mercury toxicity and chronic disease in elderly patients:

1. Beringhs-Bueno A, Moreira HM, Pascalicchio VDAAAE. Mercury Intoxication: High Dilution as Mercury’s Chelating Agent. International Journal of High Dilution Research, 2006, 5, 16. In this study, which adds to similar work done previously, Brazilian researchers sought to determine what influence the homeopathic potencies of mercury may have on people intoxicated with this heavy metal. 52 people suffering from mercury toxicity were randomly assigned to receive either a homeopathic potency of mercury (Merc sol) or placebo. Quality of life (SF36) and pathogenetic symptom assessment, blood, urine and hair levels of mercury were recorded before the start of the study, and again at 30 and 60 days. On analysis it was found that when compared to controls, the use of the homeopathic potency of mercury was associated with increased urinary excretion of mercury, reduced hair levels of mercury as well as an improvement in pathogenetic symptoms and associated quality of life.

2. Teut M, Ludtke R, Schnabel K, Willich SN, Witt CM. Homeopathic treatment of elderly patients – a prospective observational study with follow-up over a two year period. BMC Geriatr. 2010 Feb 22;10(1):10. [Epub ahead of print]. This cohort study was conducted on a group of 3981 people who’d been treated by homeopathic physicians in Germany and Switzerland. Data was analysed on patients 70 years of age or older suffering from a chronic illness (mostly hypertension and sleeping disorders) who’d seen the physician for the first time. Over a 2 year period, the progress of the homeopathic therapy was monitored and measured using both patient and practitioner assessed complaint severity scale and quality of life (SF-36) scale at baseline, 3, 12 and 24 months. At the end of the observation period, the homeopathic treatment was associated with a significant reduction in both patient and physician assessed symptom severity.

All welcome to a Family Fun Day at The Cube, Malvern on 4th May. Free entry – 10am – 3.30pm. Lots of activities for the kids, loads of information and hopefully a sunny day! Click here for details.

The Advertising Standards Agency have an aggressive and uncompromising stance towards homeopathic websites. I was contacted by them with a series of unreasonable requests and forced to change my website. I found out subsequently that they have no legal status, although they are far from clear on that point. There is a petition to investigate the behaviour of the ASA on the government’s petition site:

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/58269

Many of us have had to alter our websites substantially due to pressure from the ASA, which as we know is taking instructions from the Nightingale Collaboration (http://www.nightingale-collaboration.org/), an arm of Sense About Science. It would be great if you could sign the petition and circulate it to your colleagues, friends, family, patients, clients, etc.

The Travelling Homoeopaths Collective are planning to set up a new London and South/ South West Mobile clinic and have reached a point of needing further funds.

Having successfully been given £7,000 from HAT they now have until the end of April 2014 to raise the remainder. They have just planned an amazing 200 mile sponsored cycle ride over 5 days through the beautiful countryside of Holland between 18-25th May 2014.

If you would like to join them on the ride you are more than welcome and details are available from Marcus e mail
marcus@thc.org.uk or call 01722 340792. If cycling is not for you then they need your help with sponsorship – again contact Marcus to make your donation. All information will soon be available on the website.