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Shooting the Messenger

online reporting by INDependent journalist Dean Sterling Jones

Category: Science and Medicine

  • Shadows of Denial

    Prominent nutritionist Dr. David Katz rails against the anti-vax movement in latest Huff Post column — why then does he associate with “cult-like” anti-vaxxers? Via “Flu, Light, And Truth: FLUx et Veritas,” by Dr. David L. Katz, The Huffington Post, October 7, 2016: This is just the right time for an annual booster of light and truth…

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  • A Big Fat Critique

    Author/journalist Nina Teicholz’s critique of Retraction Watch’s reporting re: failed attempt by DC special interest group to retract her BMJ article Via “BMJ won’t retract controversial dietary guidelines article, says author” by editor Alison McCook, Retraction Watch, September 23, 2016: The BMJ is not going to retract a 2015 article criticizing the expert report underlying…

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  • Where’s the Beef?

    Politico reports that the BMJ will not retract “controversial” dietary guidelines article by Nina Teicholz, author of New York Times best-seller, The Big Fat Surprise Via Politico’s Morning Agriculture (MA) blog, Teicholz said she was notified of the journal’s decision after it conducted a months-long review: A controversial article questioning the science behind the U.S. Dietary Guidelines that…

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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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