Homöopathie rebuked


The last time I was in Germany, I was surprised at the pharmacies — they all had big displays of homeopathic ‘remedies’ in the shop windows. I suppose it made some sense, since the profit margins on water have to be tremendous. There is some good news, though: Der Spiegel has a cover story on the homeopathy illusion (horrible google translation to English).

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The Germans are also talking about removing homeopathic snakeoil from the list of supported medicines under their national health plans. Oops, there goes the profitability…