Irish Homeopaths Serving the Homeopathic Community in Ireland

A BBC NI documentary looks at how alternative medicine is helping people ditch prescription drugs.

A growing number of universities are offering "bogus" degrees in alternative and complementary medicine, researchers warn today.

Mischief is what Professor Edzard Ernst most enjoys. You can see it in his face, twinkling eyes peering over rimless glasses. You can see it, too, on the first page of his new book, Trick or Treatment, published today, which promises readers the truth about alternative medicine – what works, what doesn't and what is dangerous.

The Prince of Wales is being challenged today to withdraw two guides promoting alternative medicine, by scientists who say that they make misleading and inaccurate claims about its benefits.

Jude Law's lush golden locks are almost a distant memory, as the actor wears a cropped haircut fully exposing his rapidly receding hairline. The father of three revealed his balding pate while out in Hampstead with his son Rudy, choosing not to cover it up with hats as he has done in the past

Dr Clare Gerada, GP:

NHS trusts are slashing funding for homeopathic services amid concerns about efficacy and the need to cut costs.

NHS trusts are slashing funding for homoeopathic services amid concerns about efficacy and the need to cut costs.

An increasing number of NHS trusts are no longer offering homoeopathic treatments to patients because of a lack of evidence that they work.