Lol. That review found not a single study they felt confident in assigning a low risk of bias. The realistic conclusion from such research is that the current evidence is not consistent enough to make a conclusion
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Coupled with the otherwise overwhelming evidence against homeopathy, I'd say it's fair to conclude that a reasonable judgement is that individualized homeopathy is as ineffective as any other kind
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I'd also question quite a few elements of the study - just one point, pooling odds ratios for mostly continuous data is not a good idea. Much more reasonably to use a weighted mean difference where possible, especially as most outcome data (i.e. pain level) is continuous
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Replying to @GidMK @auscandoc and
Well alas, I cannot speak to that. Only that this data, and analysis, flawed as it is, is still the best on the subject we have, and still points, tentatively, to a beyond placebo effect. If you have a superior analysis with superior methods, I would see it.
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Sorry, just to clarify - you consider this the best analysis but aren't aware of the drawbacks of the methodology? On what basis did you make that assessment?
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That's not an evidence-based approach
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Replying to @GidMK @auscandoc and
Now I have surveyed the entirity of the met analyses on homeopathy, and yes, everything else is either quite out of date, or far worse (shang and the NHMRC for instance)
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What are you judging them on? You've just said you don't feel comfortable rating MAs in terms of statistical design
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That's not an evidential appraisal
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Replying to @DrPaulND @auscandoc and
Good to know you don't base your assessment of homeopathy on evidence. I imagine that's how most homeopaths keep practicing
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