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This article is an academic paper written by Sujata's son Devendra Owens.

In December of 2005, the Lancet published an article cleverly titled “The End of Homeopathy” which packed a major blow to homeopaths and doctors around the world when they asserted that according to their study the effects of homeopathy were placebo they are quoted as saying, “we assume that the effects observed in placebo-controlled trials of homeopathy could be explained by a combination of methodological deficiencies and biased reporting. Conversely, we postulated that the same biases could not explain the effects observed in comparable placebo-controlled trials of conventional medicine. Our results confirm these hypothesis” (Medhurst 1). This statement shocked the homeopathic world into action; no longer could they prove their science using the assumption that if it works it works. Hardcore statistics and large clinical trials were being required to continue the practice of homeopathy; the over two hundred year old medical system.