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Posted on Standards of Care

Getting out of the rabbit hole of naturopathic medicine

...while I stumble about trying to explain myself in English that makes sense to a German speaker. My story is humbling, hard to talk about, and humiliating. I am embarrassed to admit that I fell prey to false advertising and lots of pseudo-scientific theories. To Germans, I can provide some meaningful context because homeopathy is widely popular here. So, I was “that” kind of doctor. For interest, posted below is my application statement which I...

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Posted on Autism Patient Harm

Naturopaths need to back off autism

...exactly that. In Naturopathy this is completely different. Take homeopathy: A pure symptomatic approach which can mean the difference between life and death (e.g. adenomas vs carcinomas of the colon which cause exactly the same symptoms). Additionally a very large Australian metsatudy has shown that homeopathy does not work. I.o.W. 100% of what naturopaths learn is wasted time. Botanical medicine: There is a study which has tested 1000 plants, some 200 have been found to...

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Posted on Ethics Standards of Care

Canadian physicians criticize naturopaths in wake of Ezekiel Stephan’s death

...she's the good guy! Yes, she told them to go to a doctor, but only after "prescribing" a worthless remedy (ka-ching) without ever seeing the patient – a clear breach of ethics for an MD, who cannot prescribe anything for a patient without first examining that patient, and for very good reason. Marcel A recent historical review of homeopathy describes the popular nosode "Oscillococcus" as a nonexistent bacterium: Nienhuys JW. Critical considerations on homeopathy. http://www.skepsis.nl/blog/2016/04/critical-considerations-on-homeopathy/...

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Posted on AANP Licensure Politics

Fact-checking naturopathic talking points at DCFLI

...were secondary. Bottom line: Naturopathic Doctors try to emulate M.D.'s white coasts and all and fundamental naturopathy is is forgotten in search of that evasive healing potion. Thomas Mohr Actually this is only partly true. For his American School of Naturopathy, Lust scraped together everything he could find, reaching from hydrotherapy over homeopathy to ayurveda and yoga. In fact he had finished the New Your College of Homeopathy. In fact, Lust's vision was an invasion...

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Posted on Licensure Naturopathic Education

Naturopathic Scope of Practice Expansion Killed in North Dakota

...presentations of disease. The bottom line is that naturopathic programs do not adequately train their graduates to practice at the same level as a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner. In fact from the chart below, we see that naturopathic programs spend nearly twice the hours teaching homeopathy and botanical medicine than pharmacology. Even more interesting, ND programs spend around 200-300 hours teaching chiropractic manipulations, hydrotherapy, and cranio-sacral as an integrated topic called “naturopathic manipulations.” Homeopathy,...

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Massachusetts Should Reject Naturopaths: Letter to Gov. Charlie Baker

...credit card debt paying for alternative cancer therapies just like the ones Rothenberg used. This patient died while still receiving naturopathic care. Alternative cancer therapies are largely considered to be medical fraud, just like Rothenberg’s specialty in homeopathy. She and her husband are the founders of the New England School of Homeopathy and a “research center” called Herscu Laboratory, which claims to support homeopathic research. Homeopathy is an archaic practice of medicine using infinitesimal amounts...

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Posted on AANP Naturopathic Education

A New Skeptic’s Bibliography

...real doctors went nuts when they advertised their teaching of homeopathy. The center doesn’t say the word “homeopathy” on their website anymore, except in the fine print, but I think they still teach it. They do openly promote Reiki, Ayurveda, and other sham treatments. The clinics affiliated with the U openly describe and promote homeopathy and other sham treatments, as if they were real medicine. It’s a disgrace. Ken Hamer "Keep conventional meds on hand...

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The petition that riled naturopathic medicine

...similar to physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants. Naturopaths are trained in a hodgepodge of antiquated methods, mystical theories, and bare-bone fundamentals of medicine. Or, maybe you think it is where I say: Naturopathic students are required to master homeopathy, energy modalities, herbalism, chiropractic-like manipulations, and therapies involving heat and water. There is a strong emphasis on anti-vaccine promotion and alternative cancer treatments. If you think “yes,” then perhaps you should read the 18 references...

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Ozone therapy in naturopathic medicine

...Thomas Mohr Quote: "I'm not conducting science here". Apparently not. Apparently you also have not read the article or do you not see the links ? Maybe you should read Kimball Atwood or Edzard Ernst. There are numerous papers out there addressing the efficiacy of naturopathic treatments like homeopathy, chiropractic etc. Applying treatments with no effciacy to sick people is per definition endangering them and is per definition expensive. Pola Polish Oh boy, did you...

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Posted on Bastyr University Naturopathic Education

Accredited Naturopathic Education: Official Reading List

...Version. Schmidt. Herbal Treatment of Children: Western and Ayurvedic Perspectives. McIntyre. Encyclopedia of Natural Healing for Children (2nd edition). Bove. Homeopathy for Children and Infants. Ullman. Deep breath. Let’s pay attention to the pediatrics 1 and 2 courses. These classes require a book that teaches Ayurvedic medicine for children, and they recommend several very questionable texts in herbal remedies, homeopathy, dubious nutrition, and vaccine alternatives. The Bob Sears Vaccine Book appears in this list, and...

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