theMark
11th June 2008, 01:34 PM
If you're able to read German, here's the original news:
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,556276,00.html
If you run it through an automated translator German->English, you get this (http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=de&lp=de_en&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fwissenschaft%2 Fmensch%2F0%2C1518%2C556276%2C00.html). Yes, vocabulary and syntax heads straight into a brick wall, but since we're talking Homeo anyway, common sense's carcass should be laying there already and soften the drop somewhat.
26 staff doctors of German first and second league football clubs were interviewed by a sports doctor. The interviews were paid for by Heel, one of "world's largest producer of homeopathic preparations".
92 %, or 24 of them, said they're prescribing their patients homeopathic "medicine". Well, at least they start with things known to work, "like Ibuprofen or Diclofenac" (92 %), before they move on to little sugar pills to keep their superstitious clientele happy (76 %).
I had to laugh. No, scrap that. I cried a little bit.
"Homeopathic medicine has almost no side effects, shows results and does not affect doping tests." Whoa, no way! Results? Those young, trained athletes heal injuries over time? A-mazing!
What I've learned:
There is a new, even more powerful class of homeopathic medicine: "complex homeopathica", which combine several "active substances" and still do not violate doping regulations! Eureka! :boggled:
More fun quotes:
After talking at length about Homeo, along comes this gem:
"Even controversial approaches like bioresonance, osteopathy, electroacupuncture or self-healing management are becoming increasingly popular." Homeo's not controversial, Sir, no way.
At least, the next sentence contains a little reason for all this wishful thinking:
"Once injuries endanger bonuses or carreers, the players are driven to the weirdest methods of treatment."
Then it ends with :eek: "The trend towards homeopathic treatment isn't finished: Preventive treating, especially the positive influence on the immune system, is still capable of development."
Oh, and the final paragraph maybe should've had the reporter thinking the whole article through:
"After the disappointing results of the 2000 and 2004 european soccer games, this also applies to the performance of the team."
Head, meet table top.
Just venting a bit here, but feel free to add your experiences with sports and superstition...
In case you were wondering: With the overwhelming evidence of homeopathy = placebo, no, I'm not going to buy your little overpriced pills of diluted nothing.
P.S.: Darn, earning an avatar is hard...
http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,556276,00.html
If you run it through an automated translator German->English, you get this (http://66.196.80.202/babelfish/translate_url_content?.intl=de&lp=de_en&trurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fwissenschaft%2 Fmensch%2F0%2C1518%2C556276%2C00.html). Yes, vocabulary and syntax heads straight into a brick wall, but since we're talking Homeo anyway, common sense's carcass should be laying there already and soften the drop somewhat.
26 staff doctors of German first and second league football clubs were interviewed by a sports doctor. The interviews were paid for by Heel, one of "world's largest producer of homeopathic preparations".
92 %, or 24 of them, said they're prescribing their patients homeopathic "medicine". Well, at least they start with things known to work, "like Ibuprofen or Diclofenac" (92 %), before they move on to little sugar pills to keep their superstitious clientele happy (76 %).
I had to laugh. No, scrap that. I cried a little bit.
"Homeopathic medicine has almost no side effects, shows results and does not affect doping tests." Whoa, no way! Results? Those young, trained athletes heal injuries over time? A-mazing!
What I've learned:
There is a new, even more powerful class of homeopathic medicine: "complex homeopathica", which combine several "active substances" and still do not violate doping regulations! Eureka! :boggled:
More fun quotes:
After talking at length about Homeo, along comes this gem:
"Even controversial approaches like bioresonance, osteopathy, electroacupuncture or self-healing management are becoming increasingly popular." Homeo's not controversial, Sir, no way.
At least, the next sentence contains a little reason for all this wishful thinking:
"Once injuries endanger bonuses or carreers, the players are driven to the weirdest methods of treatment."
Then it ends with :eek: "The trend towards homeopathic treatment isn't finished: Preventive treating, especially the positive influence on the immune system, is still capable of development."
Oh, and the final paragraph maybe should've had the reporter thinking the whole article through:
"After the disappointing results of the 2000 and 2004 european soccer games, this also applies to the performance of the team."
Head, meet table top.
Just venting a bit here, but feel free to add your experiences with sports and superstition...
In case you were wondering: With the overwhelming evidence of homeopathy = placebo, no, I'm not going to buy your little overpriced pills of diluted nothing.
P.S.: Darn, earning an avatar is hard...