Foreign section including: Belgian anti-quack association Skepp wins appeal from millionaire Carl van de Velde / ‘Alternatives should no longer be allowed to operate in India’.
Photo: Het logo van Skepp.
Every month the Association against Quackery publishes an overview of developments abroad. In this episode: Belgian anti-quack society Skepp wins appeal from millionaire Carl van de Velde / ‘Alternatives should no longer be allowed to operate in India’ / British King Charles III has long been a promoter of alternative treatments / Corona crisis has caused a revival of homeopathy in the US / French Association of Doctors believes that there should be stricter supervision of alternatives.
Belgium: Skepp wins appeal from millionaire Carl van de Velde
Skepp, the Belgian sister organization of the VtdK, has won an appeal against millionaire Carl van de Velde. He had filed a case because reports on Skepp’s website were critical of his training institute, which used dubious theories such as NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), phrenology (skull recognition) and physiognomy (interpretation of face and hair). Skepp on her website: “Free speech and the right to reasoned criticism takes precedence over alleged harm to a commercial enterprise.”
Read more here.
India: ‘Alternatives should no longer operate’
The Association of (allopathic) Medical Consultants has gone to the Supreme Court of India because it believes that Ayurvedic and homeopathic practitioners should no longer perform surgery, because they are simply not properly trained. The Indian government intends to integrate evidence-based medicine with traditional homeopathic medicine. Operations should be reserved for those who have learned to do so.
Read more at News 9 Live.
Britain: King Charles III has long been a promoter of alternative treatments
With the succession of the late Queen Elisabeth II by her son Charles, Great Britain has gained a king who has devoted quite extensively to alternative medicine. For example, he supported a clinic that said it could cure cancer with coffee enemas and fruit juices. He also founded an association for alternatives, which was eventually dissolved in 2010 after one of the affiliated practitioners was found to be laundering money.
Read more at The Insider.
United States: Corona crisis has led to a revival of homeopathy
Research by CVS Health shows that the corona crisis has made CFS customers more concerned with their health and their interest in alternative therapies has increased. Half of the customers (54%) said they were open to a holistic approach (traditional supplemented with homeopathic treatments) to medicine.
Read more at Drugstorenews.
France: Association of doctors thinks there should be stricter supervision of alternatives
The French Society of Doctors believes that stricter rules should be introduced for Doctolib. This is an online platform where French people can make an appointment with a practitioner of their choice. Recently 17 naturopaths were banned from the platform. The society believes that the confusion between what actual medicine and homeopathic treatments are needs to be addressed more clearly.
Read more at RFI.