The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain wants to ban acupuncture and homeopathy The Spanish government declared war on alternative medicine like acupuncture or homeopathy Wednesday, announcing it plans to eliminate from health centres what it considers a health risk. https://www.thelocal.es/20181115/spain-declares-war-on-acupuncture-and-homeopathy Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:56:01 +0100 spain-declares-war-on-acupuncture-and-homeopathy Spain wages war on dubious homeopathy meds Spain’s Health Ministry has blacklisted thousands of alternative medicine products in a bid to crack down on phony ailments and health treatments it considers to have “no scientific basis”. https://www.thelocal.es/20181031/spain-wages-war-on-dubious-homeopathy-meds Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:34:28 +0100 spain-wages-war-on-dubious-homeopathy-meds Grieving dad sues over 'cure cancer with vitamins' therapy A father who claims his dying son was "manipulated" by an alternative medicine specialist has launched a landmark case. https://www.thelocal.es/20160412/grieving-father-sues-naturopath-over-son-cure-cancer-vitamins-leukaemia Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:22:00 +0200 grieving-father-sues-naturopath-over-son-cure-cancer-vitamins-leukaemia Top uni scraps homeopathy - because it's nonsense One of Spain’s top universities has scrapped a homeopathy programme because of its "lack of scientific basis". https://www.thelocal.es/20160303/barcelona-university-scraps-pseudoscience-homeopathy-masters Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:02:24 +0100 barcelona-university-scraps-pseudoscience-homeopathy-masters Unvaccinated boy dies from diptheria in Spain A six-year-old boy from Catalonia, whose parents chose not to have him vaccinated, has died, almost a month after he became the first child to contract diphtheria in Spain in almost 30 years. https://www.thelocal.es/20150627/six-year-old-diptheria-boy-dies-in-barcelona Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:17:47 +0200 six-year-old-diptheria-boy-dies-in-barcelona Birthing doulas accused of 'cannibalistic cult' Spain´s nursing associations have threatened to take legal action against unqualified "birthing assistants" who they claim put the lives of mothers and babies at risk. https://www.thelocal.es/20150218/doulas-are-cannibalistic-cult-say-nurses Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:55:00 +0100 doulas-are-cannibalistic-cult-say-nurses