Background Viral warts are a common skin condition, which can range in severity from a
minor nuisance that resolve spontaneously to a troublesome, chronic condition. Many …

OBJECTIVE: Shang's recently published meta-analysis on homeopathic remedies (Lancet)
based its main conclusion on a subset of eight larger trials out of 21 high quality trials out of …

Background Homoeopathy seems scientifically implausible, but has widespread use. We
aimed to assess whether the clinical effect reported in randomised controlled trials of …

Objective. Alternative medicine (AM) is of growing interest to the general public. Although
several studies have been published concerning its use in adults, the use by children is less …

Background. The claims made for the clinical effects of homeopathy are controversial. The
results of several meta-analyses of clinical trials are positive, but they fail in general to …

Background: Cimetidine, an H2-receptor antagonist, has been used successfully to treat
patients with mucocutaneous candidiasis, common variable immunodeficiency, herpes …

Background: There is a discrepancy between the outcome of a meta-analysis published in
1997 of 89 trials of homeopathy by Linde et al and an analysis of 110 trials by Shang et al …

Viral warts, which are caused by the human papilloma virus, are a common problem in
dermatology. Various modalities have been used to treat warts, but none are uniformly …

Objective: 1) To assess the efficacy of homeopathically prepared Galphimia glauca
compared with placebo in the treatment of pollinosis; 2) to estimate the corresponding …

This paper describes the statistical analysis of a series of experiments using a simple
biological model (wheat germination in vitro), where a large number of wheat seeds were …