The Case for Homeopathy, Outcome Studies

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Adult and childhood asthma at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital
This study from RLHH followed up 24 adults and 25 children with asthma and found that 71% of the adults and 80% of the children experienced improvements in their symptoms following the homeopathic treatment. Two thirds of the adults and almost as many of the children reduced their need for inhalers and 60% of the parents of the children reported a decrease in the need to consult their GP for urgent asthma treatments.

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Palliative cancer care at the Royal London Homoeopathic Hospital
A study of 50 consecutive patients with cancer who were attending the RLHH complementary therapy cancer clinic was performed. Three quarters of these patients had spread or recurrence of their cancers before being referred to the clinic. Standard questionnaires showed statistically significant improvements in anxiety/depression and physical symptoms of these patients after treatment.

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Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital Inpatients
100 sequential inpatients in Glasgow Homoeopathic Hospital showed that when assessed three months after discharge 58% had significant improvements in their main complaint and 67% had similar improvements in mood and well-being. Significant was assessed as being rated by the patient as "of value in daily living".

In terms of the impact of GHH in-patient care on conventional care and costs, 72% patients reported fewer admissions to other hospitals; 51% fewer attendances as out-patients for conventional treatment; 40% fewer visits to their GP and 46% a decrease in their use of conventional medicines.

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Outpatient care at Bristol Homeopathic Hospital
A study of 2000 patients attending BHH in a 12 month period from November 1997 showed overall that three quarters of the patients achieved what they described as "moderately better" or "much better".

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Outpatient care at Tunbridge Wells Homoeopathic Hospital
A study of 1372 patients who had attended outpatients at TWHH showed that overall improvement was reported in over three quarters of the patients with patients with certain conditions being most likely to have received benefit - relief of anxiety/depression or flushes in women with breast cancer being the greatest.

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