The journal Pediatrics Research retracted a meta-analysis reporting homeopathy as an effective ADHD treatment, after finding the report contained invalid results and biased studies.
The journal Pediatrics Research retracted a meta-analysis reporting homeopathy as an effective ADHD treatment, after finding the report contained invalid results and biased studies . This retraction directly challenges those results and addresses the concerns of critics, who argue that science does not support the use of homeopathy for addressing ADHD symptoms.
The journal’s editor-in-chief issued the retraction after a review found four “deficiencies,” including the following: The article included a biased study where only children who showed improvements with homeopathy in the screening phase were selected for the trial. The article included misrepresented results; one study found the control group had more improvement than the homeopathy group, but the paper reported these results in favor of homeopathy
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