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online reporting by INDependent journalist Dean Sterling Jones

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The Art and Weird Science of Self-Healing

“We believe in an integrative approach and at the end the client has to decide which direction to go.” International Meta-Medicine Association founder Johannes Fisslinger explains his approach to treating clients, plus Meta-Medicine secrets revealed. I recently blogged a series of articles about the International Meta-Medicine Association (IMMA), an LA-based integrative medicine organisation founded in…
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Freunde von Meta-Medicine

Here’s what celeb doctors Dean Ornish and David Katz said when I asked about their involvement in freaky alt-med organisation (one of them accused me of harassment!) Last month, I blogged about the International Meta-Medicine Association (IMMA), an LA-based integrative medicine organisation with ties to Ryke Geerd Hamer, a ghoulish German doctor who lost his licence in 1986 after a…
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Lifting the Lid on the Meta-Medicine Movement

“Advising against a potentially life-saving procedure is absolutely irresponsible.” I grill International Meta-Medicine Association founder Johannes Fisslinger over allegations that his employees caused patient deaths in Norway. Earlier this month, I blogged about the lurid origins of the International Meta-Medicine Association (IMMA), an integrative medicine organisation based in Los Angeles, CA. IMMA promotes an elaborate philosophy of…
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The Macabre Origins of the Meta-Medicine Movement

The first in a three-part series charting the rise of the Meta-Medicine movement If you’re interested in the often murky world of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), chances are you’ve heard of the International Meta-Medicine Association (IMMA). Founded in 2004 by Johannes Fisslinger—inventor of the “Aura Video Station”—IMMA (via its online university, Meta-Health University) claims…
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Ali, Bomaye!

Muhammad Ali 1942 – 2016 Long before he was “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali was a champion braggart. During his early career, he mercilessly ridiculed his opponents, labelling New Yorker Doug Jones “an ugly little man” and rechristening heavyweight champion Sonny “The Big Bear” Liston “the big ugly bear…after I beat him I’m going to donate him to the zoo.” Yet for all…
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Presumed Guilty (cont.)

Concluding the search for “Special Notice 11-02”, the Metropolitan Police Service’s never-before-seen document overturning the presumption of innocence Earlier this month, I blogged about my enquiry to the UK’s Metropolitan Police Service requesting a copy of “Special Notice 11-02,” an official police document issued in 2002 which – according to this controversial Feb. 10 Guardian article by police commissioner Bernard…
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Voice in the Wilderness

“I guess history repeats itself, and the losers are not just me but a fair and public airing of the best and most current science” – The (ongoing) story of how top US nutritionists tried to gag New York Times best-selling author Nina Teicholz [UPDATED: CSPI’s BMJ retraction request goes missing – more after the…
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Homeopathy on the NHS

UK homeopathic hospitals: Atlanta, GA reporter and I ask oversight agency for a standard of care review source On April 25, my US blogging buddy Peter M. Heimlich and I co-signed and co-blogged a request for a review of “crystal therapy” and other dubious medical treatments being offered by a Liverpool hospital. On May 2,…
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9GAG on This

Clickbait website 9GAG lifts automated content from popular social networking website Reddit For producers of “clickbait,” Reddit – the self-titled “front page of the Internet” and 27th most popular website in the world – is a treasure trove of copy-and-paste-friendly content. Without getting swamped by copyright issues, the reason clickbait websites such as 9GAG presume to…
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Presumed Guilty

The search for “Special Notice 11-02”, the UK Metropolitan Police Service’s never-seen document overturning the presumption of innocence [UPDATED: Read the Met Police’s response to my enquiry by clicking here] Earlier this year, commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe wrote a controversial article for the Guardian arguing that police officers “should not unconditionally believe every…
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