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Category: Pediatrics

Posted on 18 March 201718 March 2017 Canada Patient Harm Pediatrics Standards of Care

A physician’s take on Alberta regulators clearing naturopath of misconduct in toddler’s death

Canadian physician responds to naturopathic regulators in Alberta after it cleared one of its own of wrongdoing in the death of a toddler with meningitis. The regulatory agency failed to address concerns of that naturopaths are selling medically dubious products.

Posted on 6 November 20163 January 2017 Patient Harm Pediatrics

Even when children die, naturopaths refuse to blame each other

Naturopaths hate it when I draw attention to examples of patient harm resulting from naturopaths failing to uphold medical standards of care.

Posted on 26 October 20163 January 2017 Patient Harm Pediatrics

Naturopathic pediatrics and genetic testing

Naturopath Jared Skowron reveals his quackery by using anti-gas pills to treat a young girl with Fabry disease.

Posted on 23 October 20163 January 2017 Autism Pediatrics

Stop naturopathic pediatrics: autism and MTHFR?

I used to be a naturopathic pediatrician. I graduated from Bastyr University and did a one-year residency in naturopathic pediatrics and family medicine. Like many naturopaths, I branded myself as an expert in treating children with behavioral and developmental problems, including autism, ADHD, anxiety, and learning disabilities. If you were...

Posted on 14 April 201610 January 2017 Naturopathic Education Pediatrics

Naturopathic pediatrics is not safe

Naturopathic practitioners should be banned from treating minors. I recently made this proposal in the context of the tragic death of Ezekiel Stephan, whose parents are on trial in Alberta for failing to provide the necessities of life. Ezekiel’s parents needlessly caused him to suffer from bacterial meningitis, in part by getting care from a licensed...

Posted on 1 November 201510 January 2017 Patient Harm Pediatrics Vaccinations

Naturopath lets her kids suffer with Whooping cough, child abuse?

I was not planning on writing today. But then I read a blog post about naturopathic “cures” for Whooping cough, and I got mad. There must have been significant backlash, as the post has been taken down from www.LikeMindedMamas.com and the group’s Facebook page, Like-Minded Mamas. I took a screenshot...

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I am an ex-naturopathic doctor. I started this blog to expose naturopathic medicine and protect patients from the dangerous and incompetent practices rife in my former profession. —Britt Marie Hermes Read more.

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