The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled homeopathic remedies made by a company called Terra-Medica because they may contain actual medicine -- possibly penicillin or derivatives of the ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Home "remedies" are ...

Mahatma Gandhi called homeopathy a “refined method of treating patients economically and non-violently,” according to the Ontario College of Homeopathic Medicine. Although well-known, frequently ...

Homeopathic treatments are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), so their safety and effectiveness have not been evaluated. Rheumatoid arthritis is traditionally treated with ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun endorsing alternative medicines — some widely discredited by medical authorities. WHO began encouraging the public to explore these treatment options via ...

Some people claim that homeopathic remedies may help alleviate interstitial cystitis (IC) symptoms. However, there is little reliable clinical evidence to support this. IC is a chronic bladder ...

Part of Issue #7 of The Highlight, our home for ambitious stories that explain our world. Natalie Grams once believed in homeopathy. She believed that sugar pastilles, distilled and diluted as the ...

Common treatments for diabetes include medication to help control blood sugar levels and lifestyle approaches like diet and exercise. But some people choose to try a different kind of treatment called ...