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Dana Ullman
Dana Ullman
Born Gregory Dana Ullman
December 22, 1951
Hollywood, California, USA
Ethnicity Caucasian
Occupation Instructor
Website
http:/ / www. homeopathic. com
Gregory Dana Ullman (born December 22, 1951, Hollywood, California) is an American author, publisher,
educator, and proponent in the field of homeopathy.
Ullman received his MPH from the University of California at Berkeley, and has since taught homeopathy and
integrative health care.[1] Ullman served as an instructor in homeopathy at the University of California at San
Francisco, and as member of the Advisory Council of the Alternative Medicine Center at Columbia University's
College of Physicians and Surgeons.[2] In previous years he has been the chairperson for the National Center for
Homeopathy's Annual Conference,[3] and has been consulted by Harvard Medical School's Center to Assess
Alternative Therapy for Chronic Illness.[4] He is also a regular speaker at universities, medical schools, pharmacy
schools, and hospitals.[4]
Journalist John Stossel of ABC News described Ullman as "homeopathy's foremost spokesman."[5] Anastasia
Toufexis of Time Magazine described him as a "leading proselytizer of homeopathy".[6]
for people who are at high risk of infection and who decline ciprofloxacin because of concerns over its side effects.
While Ullman expressed concern about vendors "taking advantage of people wrapped up in the fear of the situation",
he said "It would be irresponsible for us not to provide something that might be helpful."[14] There is no evidence for
the efficacy of Anthracinum, which is derived from nosodes gathered from infected pigs, and then diluted to "a point
where no molecules of the disease product remain."[14] [13] In a right-of-reply letter, Ullman depicted Weissmann's
editorial as an "unscientific critique" of homeopathy and cited five peer-reviewed studies.[15] Weissmann responded:
"Mr. Ullman is clearly a devotee of his art, and I respect his opinions. I’m afraid that I view Mr. Ullman’s references
to the efficacy of homeopathy as modern versions of those Dr Holmes distrusted," and went on to quote from a
well-known critique of homeopathy by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.: "...such cases deserve very little confidence. Yet
they may sound well enough, one at a time, to those who are not fully aware of the fallacies of medical evidence."[16]
[17]
Bibliography
• Everybody's Guide to Homeopathic Medicines (with Stephen Cummings, MD), 1984, 2004. ISBN 0-87477-843-3.
• Discovering Homeopathy: Medicine for the 21st Century, 1991. ISBN 1-55643-108-2
• Homeopathic Medicines for Children and Infants, 1992. ISBN 0-87477-692-9
• The Consumer's Guide to Homeopathy, 1995. ISBN 0-87477-813-1
• The Steps to Healing: Wisdom from the Sages, the Rosemarys, & the Times, 1999. ISBN 1-56170-657-4.
• Essential Homeopathy, 2002. ISBN 1-57731-206-6
• The One-Minute (or so) Healer, 2004. ISBN 1-55643-494-4
• The Homeopathic Revolution: Why Famous People and Cultural Heroes Choose Homeopathy, October, 2007.
ISBN 1-55643-671-0
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Other writings
Ullman's letters and writings have appeared in The Western Journal of Medicine, Social Policy, Utne Reader, The
Futurist, The Arthritis Foundation's Guide to Alternative Medicine, Atlanta: Arthritis Foundation, (J. Horstman)
1999 and The Reader's Digest Family Guide to Natural Medicine.[3]
External links
• Dana Ullman's Web site [20]
References
[1] California Alumni Association (1999-02). "Q&A with Dana Ullman" (http:/ / www. alumni. berkeley. edu/ Alumni/ Cal_Monthly/
February_1999/ QA_with_Dana_Ullman. asp). Alumni Magazine. University of California Berkeley's California Alumni Association. .
Retrieved 2008-01-22.
[2] "Dana Ullman, - Healthworld Online - HealthWorld Online, HealthWorld Online - Natural health and Alternative medicine information,
products and services." (http:/ / www. healthy. net/ scr/ bio. asp?Id=55). . Retrieved 2008-01-25.
[3] "Homeopathic Educational Services - Dana Ullman, M.P.H." (http:/ / www. homeopathic. com/ main/ bio_dana. jsp). . Retrieved 2008-01-26.
[4] Penguin Group USA. "About Dana Ullman" (http:/ / us. penguingroup. com/ nf/ Author/ AuthorPage/ 0,,1000040566,00. html). . Retrieved
2008-01-24.
[5] Stossel, John (2008). "Homeopathic Remedies - Can Water Really Remember?" (http:/ / abcnews. go. com/ print?id=124309). 20/20 (ABC
News). . Retrieved 2008-01-22.
[6] Toufexis, Anastasia (1995-09-25). "Is Homeopathy Good Medicine?" (http:/ / www. time. com/ time/ magazine/ article/ 0,9171,983466,00.
html). Time Magazine. . Retrieved 2008-01-22.
[7] "13 Things That Do Not Make Sense" (http:/ / space. newscientist. com/ article/ mg18524911. 600-13-things-that-do-not-make-sense. html).
New Scientist. 2005-03-19. pp. 30. . Retrieved 2007-03-04. "4. Belfast Homeopathy Results"
[8] ""We are unable to explain our findings and are reporting them to encourage others to investigate this phenomenon." Brown, VG; Ennis, M.
(2001). "Flow-cytometric analysis of basophil activation: inhibition by histamine at convential and homeopathic concentrations".
Inflammation Research (50): 47–48.
[9] Belon, M.; Cumps J, Ennis M, Mannaioni PF, Sainte-Laudy J, Roberfroid M, Wiegant FAC. (1999). "Inhibition of human basophil
degranulation by successive histamine dilutions: results of a European multi-centre trial". Inflammation Research 48 (48): s17-s18.
doi:10.1007/s000110050376.
[10] Homeopathic Educational Services - John Stossel and 20/20's Program on Homeopathy: Junk Science Creates Junk Journalism When TV
Science Creates Science Fiction (http:/ / www. homeopathic. com/ articles/ view,58)
[11] Homeopathic Educational Services - Articles - Media reports (http:/ / www. homeopathic. com/ articles/ by_category. jsp?id=37)
[12] Williams, Nathan (2003-11-26). "Homeopathy: The test" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ science/ horizon/ 2002/ homeopathytrans. shtml). .
Retrieved 2008-01-27. "Homeopathy is back where it started without any credible scientific explanation. That won't stop millions of people
putting their faith in it, but science is confident. Homeopathy is impossible."
[13] Weissmann, Gerald (2006). "Homeopathy: Holmes, Hogwarts, and the Prince of Wales" (http:/ / www. fasebj. org/ cgi/ reprint/ 20/ 11/
1755). The FASEB Journal. . Retrieved 2008-05-21.
[14] Garsombke, Kate (2001-10-29). "Alternative Remedies for Anthrax" (http:/ / www. alternet. org/ envirohealth/ 11814). AlterNet. . Retrieved
2008-02-07.
[15] Ullman, Dana (2006). "Let’s have a serious discussion of nanopharmacology and homeopathy" (http:/ / www. fasebj. org/ cgi/ content/ full/
20/ 14/ 2661). The FASEB Journal. .
[16] Weissmann, Gerald (2006). "Response to: Let’s have a serious discussion of nanopharmacology and homeopathy" (http:/ / www. fasebj. org/
cgi/ content/ full/ fasebj;20/ 14/ 2662). The FASEB Journal. .
[17] Holmes, O. H. (1892) "Homeopathy and Its Kindred Delusions." (http:/ / www. quackwatch. org/ 01QuackeryRelatedTopics/ holmes. html)
at Quackwatch. retrieved 2008-02-07.
[18] Lewis, Elaine (2005-04). "An Interview with DANA ULLMAN, MPH: Treating Children with Homeopathic Medicines" (http:/ / www.
hpathy. com/ interviews/ danaullman2. asp). . Retrieved 2008-02-04. "It deeply saddens me that so many parents and doctors give powerful
drugs to infants and children. They unknowingly are committing what I call 'medical child abuse.' Although these may be harsh words today, I
believe that history will show them to be accurate."
[19] Ullman, Dana (2005). "Homeopathic Medicines for Children: Small Wonders for Our Small Wonders" (http:/ / www. homeopathic. com/
articles/ view,83). . Retrieved 2008-02-07.
[20] http:/ / www. homeopathic. com/
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