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Article: Homeopathy is worse than witchcraft - and the NHS must stop paying for it.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
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ONE of the UK's five homeopathic hospitals, The Royal London, is under threat of closure because of funding cuts. Professor Michael Baum, professor emeritus of surgery at University College London, explains why he won't miss it.
MANY people swear by homeopathy. It is a popular dinner party topic of the Hampstead set, of which I am a member.
My friends - otherwise educated, cultured people - say it can help them recover from a cold in just seven days. Yes, I reply, and left alone it would take a whole week.
The problem is that few people know what homeopathy really is. I'll tell you: it is a 200-year-old practice that hasn't changed since its inception.
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