Sheep farmers

A recent study shows homeopathy effective in controlling Haemonchus contortus infection in sheep. This parasite, known as red stomach worm, is a major intestinal parasite in sheep and goats and also affects cattle, causing significant economic damage to farmers. It...

Survey

Close to 83 million U.S. adults spent $33.9 billion out of pocket on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in 2007, according to a new National Center for Health Statistics survey. This is 11.2% of total out-of-pocket expen ditures on health care. About $22.0...

Improves psoriasis

A multi-center study by researchers at Charite University in Berlin evaluated effects of classical homeopathic treatment in patients with psoriasis. Forty-five doctors treated 82 adults over 2 years. The severity of psoriasis decreased and patient quality of life...

Toscanini

According to a travel reporter writing about the village of Piazze in Tuscany, Italy: “The name Locanda [Inn] Toscanini would suggest there might be a tale worth telling, and indeed there is. It was during the 1931–32 season with the New York Philharmonic that the...