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They’re heavily promoted. Your optometrist may even prescribe them. But when we looked at the evidence, this is what we found.
Major reviews of medical evidence, known as Cochrane reviews, have come under fire. But is that fair?
Around 95% of treatments do not have high-quality evidence to support their benefits
Most medical treatments don’t work according to the best evidence.
Internationally, the effects of a homeopathic flu remedy has been dismissed – but, in South Africa, it is still being advertised as effective.
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Professor and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University
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Epidemiologist, Senior Research Fellow, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor in Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia
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NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia