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March 30, 2012 • Homeopathy. A mystery in the guise of the nineteenth-century's apothecary. It's an untrue theory. But might it be an effective practice?

In 2005, the British medical journal The Lancet attacked the use of homeopathic treatments saying that doctors should be honest about homeopathy's lack of benefit. Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion

13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Is Homeopathy A Sham?

March 23, 2012 • Homeopathic treatments are too dilute to be effective. Why, then, are they so popular? This is the first in a series of reflections on this question.

Blog Of The Nation

January 5th: What's On Today's Show

January 5, 2012 • In the first hour of today's TOTN, the new laws that may affect you in 2012 and columnist Cynthia Tucker on the state of opinion journalism. In the second hour, the long-misunderstood period of middle childhood and why patients want to see their doctors' notes, but physicians remain reluctant.

Blog Of The Nation

The Hurt Feelings Pill

July 16, 2010 • Can scientists come up with a hurt feelings pill? One study suggests they already have.