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Hippocrates Health Institute
Against allopathy Alternative medicine |
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Clinically unproven |
Woo-meisters |
The Hippocrates Health Institute is a self-styled "leader" in the field of "natural & alternative health care" based in Florida. Mostly, though, it's a spa, offering massages, facial treatments, and fitness therapy, as well as such enticements as wheatgrass scalp treatment and colon hydrotherapy.[1] It also sells essential oils and EMF protection gear, as well as a variety of nutritional supplements.[2] More recently, they have sold a combination of homeopathic formulas and dietary supplements claimed "to help combat both the effects of Covid-19, and to Detox after taking the Vaccination".[3]
Cancer death[edit]
A young girl who was undergoing "treatment" at the institute had parents who refused chemotherapy and surgery for her condition. She died in January, 2015. As a result, the director of the institute, a naturopath, was ordered to stop practicing medicine.[4] The order was later rescinded because the prosecutor's office deemed there to be insufficient evidence to pursue a trial.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Explore Experiences. Hippocrates.
- ↑ Store. Hippocrates.
- ↑ Detox-19 Kit. Hippocrates.
- ↑ CBC News Brian Clement, Hippocrates Health Institute head, ordered to stop practising medicine
- ↑ Hippocrates Health Institute “cease and desist” is withdrawn (UPDATE)