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Marian F, Joost K, Saini KD, et al. Patient satisfaction and side effects in primary care: an observational study
comparing homeopathy and conventional medicine. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2008 Sep 18;8:52. PMID: 18801188

Fascinating. Investigators at the University of Bern found that patients report higher satisfaction with homeopathy than with conventional allopathic medicine. A large study, 6778 adult patients received the questionnaire and 3126 responded (46.1%).

From the conclusion:

Overall patient satisfaction was significantly higher in homeopathic than in conventional care. Homeopathic treatments were perceived as a low-risk therapy with two to three times fewer side effects than conventional care.

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The 59th Berlin International Film Festival will open on February 5, 2009, with films from Algeria, China, Greece, Great Britain, Sweden, the USA, and Germany.

As usual, I plan to focus on the Forum series, which will be announced shortly. In the meantime, the first titles for the Competition program have been confirmed:

Alle Anderen/ Germany
by Maren Ade (The Forest for the Trees)
with Birgit Minichmayr, Lars Eidinger, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Nicole Marischka
World premiere

Rage / Great Britain / USA
by Sally Potter (The Tango Lesson, Orlando)
with Dame Judi Dench, Jude Law, Dianne Wiest, Steve Buscemi, Simon Abkarian
World premiere

The Dust of Time / Greece / Germany / Italy / Russia
by Theo Angelopoulos (Eternity and a Day, The Weeping Meadow)
with Irene Jacob, Michel Piccoli, Willem Dafoe, Bruno Ganz
Out of competition
International premiere

Mei Lanfang (Forever Enthralled) / People’s Republic of China
by Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine, The Promise)
with Leon Lai, Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei, Chen Hong
International premiere

The Messenger / USA
by Oren Moverman – directorial debut
with Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton
International premiere

London River / Algeria / France / Great Britain
by Rachid Bouchareb (Little Senegal, Days of Glory)
with Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyate
World premiere

Mammoth / Sweden / Germany / Denmark
by Lukas Moodysson (Show me Love, Lilja 4-ever)
with Gael Garcia Bernal, Michelle Williams, Sophie Nyweide, Tom McCarthy
International premiere

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee / USA
by Rebecca Miller (The Ballad of Jack and Rose)
with Robin Wright Penn, Alan Arkin, Keanu Reeves, Maria Bello, Julianne Moore, Winona Ryder
Out of competition
World premiere

The Reader / USA / Germany
by Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot)
with Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Alexandra Maria Lara
Out of competition

Pink Panther II / USA
by Harald Zwart (One Night at McCool’s)
with Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia
Out of competition
International premiere

Visit the websites of the Berlinale and International Forum.

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