Murder of the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital !

[Jean Doherty]

How can we help the public understand that Homeopathy can deal with this better than other modalities. See below from BBC online. Jean

Perfectionism' bowel pain link
Woman holding her stomach
Women are more prone to IBS
Perfectionists are more prone to developing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) after an infection, a study has suggested.

University of Southampton researchers asked 620 people with gastroenteritis about stress and their illness.

Those who pushed themselves or were particularly anxious about symptoms were more likely to develop IBS.

Experts said the study, published in Gut, may explain why only some people develop IBS after a gut infection.
These are people who have high expectations of always doing the right thing
Dr Rona Moss-Morris

About 5% of the UK population have IBS.

Up to one in 10 people develop it after a having a bacterial gut infection, having previously been healthy.

Such infections cause inflammation and ulceration in the bowel and can cause severe vomiting and rectal bleeding.

'Not hypochondriacs'

In this study, each person was checked three and six months after their initial bout of bacterial gastroenteritis to see if they had developed IBS symptoms such as diarrhoea, constipation, abdominal pain and bloating.

In all, 49 people had IBS at both points. Women were more than twice as likely to have IBS as the men.

Those with IBS were significantly more likely to have reported high levels of stress and anxiety and psychosomatic symptoms than those who did not develop the condition.

They were also significantly more likely to be "driven", carrying on regardless until they were forced to rest, which the researchers say simply makes the initial condition worse and longer-lasting, potentially leading to IBS.

Dr Rona Moss-Morris, who led the research, said: "We found people's beliefs about their symptoms, how anxious they got and their behaviour were all important.

"These people were not hypochondriacs. But they did have a negative attitude towards their symptoms."

She added: "These are people who have high expectations of always doing the right thing - and going off work goes against their beliefs."

Such people try to remain active and may go back to work too soon, she said.

"They keep going - but then collapse in a heap.

"They are 'all or nothing' people who have high expectations of themselves."

Trigger

Dr Moss-Morris said people who appear to have problems recovering from a bout of gastroenteritis could be investigated to see if they have a particularly anxious or perfectionist personality.

She suggested cognitive behavioural therapy might be an effective treatment.

But she added there was no suggestion that IBS was "all in the mind".

Professor Robin Spiller, an IBS expert from University Hospitals Nottingham and the editor of Gut, said: "There is probably a complicated mechanism at work here."

He said there were two potential explanations.

"It might be that stress and anxiety affects the immune system.

"But it could also be that if you don't rest, it might do you more harm."

[dimitri rolf]

Hello Carol and all,
i didnt see any addresses and/or emails where we could send our letters...
Since some of us are non uK civillians and cannot sign the petition(as someone on the list said), we could a least send emails and letters to the ones who pull the strings.

Carol Boyce wrote:
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[Dale Moss]

Carol,
Many years ago the first Bush Administration pulled funding for a Rare Diseases database that was designed to help patients find doctors working on their rare disorder. I began a mail campaign that got the funding restored. It was simple: I wrote everyone I knew, setting out the importance of this database and how much good it would do for very little money -- and I asked them to write letters. We got local schoolchildren involved, too, turning it into a civics lesson. They could write letters to the editor of the local paper, letters to their congressmen or senators, etc. But in addition to targetting the "usual suspects," we also had them write to an obscure bureaucrat in the White House who was responsible for the funding slash.
Politicians are used to receiving mail; bureaucrats far down the chain of command are not. They tend to get upset when their anonymity is blown. That's the trick. One person really can make a difference -- but it takes WORK.
Peace,
Cinnabar

[Chat]

Dear all,
I just emailed Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth to humbly request that she save the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital.
Anyone one in the world can do it - it only takes a moment! Here's the link:
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page3776.asp
Let's get everyone involved!
Best wishes, Elizabeth

[Ellen Madono]

Dear Elizabeth,
Please tell me more about how to set up the argument I started to composed a letter and then realized that I didn't know much about homeopathy in Britain.
This is what I have heard:
1. British Allopathy is the lowest ranking (for the average person not of the rich) among the developing nations. (according to a WHO study. The US is just slightly above the Brits. Never seen the study, but a Japanese doctor told me this complaining about the poor allopathic treatment of Japanese students coming back from these two war loving countries).
2. The Royal family uses homeopathy almost exclusively?
3. If you look on the map of private homeopaths (in some area in England where I was looking,) advertising on the net, there are many more than there are in most places in the US. Probably not related to this issue, though.
4. The Saudi government funded clinic for the piligrims of the Haj this year, India has homeopathic hospitals everywhere,... Do many other government fund homeopathic hospitals? Are there many countries where Homeopaths begin their training as MD's? Who are the doctors at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital today? Not names, but qualifications.
Could you correct me and help me with more facts? I'll write a letter if I know more.
Blessings,
Ellen

[Chat]

Dear Ellen,
I didn't complicate the message with facts, and I mean this with the greatest respect. Allopathy isn't where it is today because it uses facts. IMHO it's all about marketing. If you say something often enough as if you believe it (it does help if you do but doesn't seem essential obviously), other people will accept it. A lot of people don't question things past their immediate needs, for example:
These pills will get rid of my headaches, you say? Great, I'll have some. I don't want to know if they are better or worse, if they have horrible side effects, who is making billions from the sale of these, why university depts get grants and who is lying through their respective mouthsful.
I don't apologise for homeopathy not having the profile of allopathic medicine, I'm not interested in placebo controlled, double blind blah, blah, I don't start with '250 years ago Samuel Hahnemann ..." Acupuncture didn't, Chiropractic didn't, they just got on with saying, 'this will help you' and they are both very well accepted modalities. Homeopathy works. That's what I say to people. I had depression for 32 years and now I feel wonderful, I now understand the concepts of 'joy' and 'happiness'. I tell people and they say "wow, can you recommend someone". (I became so enthusiastic I started a homeopathic bookshop).
The Queen knows all about homeopathy, she knows all about the hospital, if there is something afoot that she didn't know about before, her minders certainly will after they receive hundreds of emails. In all probability she will phone to the prime minister, or in one of their regular visits, she'll ask "what's going on?"
If we can get individual journalists' and newspapers attention too - all over the world - people are going to ask more questions, uncover skeletons in parliamentary closets. As Cinnabar rightly pointed out - you can't say 'the government' - that's just a label. 'The Government' is made up of individuals who don't like to be in the limelight, or be humiliated, or be asked lots of embarrassing questions about why they are doing what they are doing.
When sending messages, make them short, to the point and grab their attention. Make them ask more questions.
I should take my own advice!
Will hop off my box and get back to work in a minute, but I feel strongly enough about this to do something about it. I simply googled 'email her majesty queen elizabeth" and there was the contact page. If we do the same with UK and other newspapers and journalists and whoever else we can think of we can have the effect Sir Bob Geldoff did! Why not?
Best wishes, Elizabeth
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[Ellen Madono]

Ok Got ya. I lose half of my potential patients by saying too much. At the individual level you are also right. The other half are interested in knowing. It is important to be appropriate with the situation.
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[Chat]

It's all about individualisation isn't it! Most will want to know more, but we have to get their attention first.
Best wishes, Elizabeth

[Ananda Ruchira]

Elizabeth wrote:

Or conversely as "George" from the old Seinfeld TV comedy would say:

"It's not a lie if you believe it....."



(PS. I took the suggestion and wrote a letter to the queen via website)
Sincerely,
Didi Ananda Ruchira
Director, Abha Light
visit: www.abhalight.org
tel: +254 20 445-0181 / cells: 0733-895466 / 0723-869133
skype: anandarucira
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