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by hkt 2354 days ago
Spot on. We have, all across the west (the situation in the UK is similar to the US) regulated medical professionals but not medical claims. This needs to be addressed, with a presumption in favour of malice where claims are clearly not approached properly.

We had a committee of parliamentarians conduct an inquiry into homeopathy back in 2010, and predictably they found (after consulting with experts, taking testimony from all quarters etc) it was bunk. To the best of my knowledge we have not altered either policy or legislation in response to that.