User:Cap'n Refsmmat/ScienceNews/April 8, 2005

Homeopathy might actually work
Homeopathy has many skeptics in the scientific community. The idea that a medicine can be diluted so much and still have a healing effect is ridiculed by many, but supported by others.

So one woman set out to prove it wrong for once and for all. Madeleine Ennis decided to do her own test of homeopathy, completely independent of others. A histamine solution was diluted many times, and its effectiveness was then tested versus an undiluted solution.

In a surprising result, the homeopathic solution was just as effective as the real stuff. Madeleine Ennis isn't happy, especially after four labs all replicated the results, but she admits that it is possible that homeopathy is actually right. However, she would like others to help her in her investigation, as homeopathy is in violation of many laws of chemistry.

Homeopathy supposedly works because as the solution is diluted, the particles of the actual medication leave an "imprint" on the water molecules. To most, this seems ridiculous. And in clinical trials, homeopathy has proven no more effective than a placebo. But Ennis's tests show that something squirrely is going on. Keep watching to see what turns up.