The Homeopathy Research Institute’s 1st International Research Conference, ‘Cutting Edge Research in Homeopathy’, took place in Barcelona in May-June 2013. With a programme dedicated solely to high-end, robust scientific research, this was the first gathering of its kind in a decade. The conference programme, containing the full running order plus all poster presentation abstracts can […]

Synopsis by Alastair Gray of ‘Plausibility and evidence: the case of homeopathy’. Rutten L, Mathie RT, Fisher P, Goossens M, van Wassenhoven M. Med Health Care Philos 2013, 16(3): 525-32 Synopsis | Abstract

HRI launches £2 million fundraising appeal at Westminster.

Barcelona conference to unveil new evidence for homeopathy.

HRI Barcelona conference to unveil new evidence for homeopathy

In November 2012, the article ‘Adverse effects of homeopathy: a systematic review of published case reports and case series’, co-authored by Prof Edzard Ernst, was published in the International Journal of Clinical Practice (IJCP). This study was of such poor quality and contained such serious errors that HRI felt it necessary to write a letter […]

HRI Scientific Advisory Committee member, Dr Robert Mathie, has carried outa programme of new systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in homeopathy which bring much needed clarity to the RCT evidence base. Mathie and his team have identified the following key attributes of each trial: placebo controlled versus other-than-placebo (OTP) controlled; individualised versus non-individualised […]

Kate Thomas, Hon Professor of Health Services Research at the University of Sheffield, has been a highly valued member of our Scientific Advisory Committee since 2010. HRI has benefited greatly from her expertise in clinical research, particularly her background in evaluation of complementary therapies for use in the NHS. Kate has been a strong academic […]

On behalf of the research team at Barnsley Hospital involved in the Homeopathy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome Study (HIBS), HRI would like to thank everyone who donated to our fundraising appeal last November, in support of this project. There was a hugely positive response to our appeal, with many warm messages of support as well […]

November 29th 2012 We are delighted to report that researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield have published the protocol of their innovative IBS trial. The research team, which includes Prof Kate Thomas and Dr Clare Relton (both members of the HRI Scientific Advisory Committee) and homeopaths Jackie Raw and Clare Walters, has received financial […]