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The NCCIH embraces the “integration” of functional medicine quackery with medicine

Post author By Orac
Post date October 7, 2024
1 Comment on The NCCIH embraces the “integration” of functional medicine quackery with medicine

The process of “integrating” quackery with medicine continues apace as the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health embraces the quackery that is “functional medicine” to promote “whole person health,” whatever that means.

Tags functional medicine, Helene Langevin, MAHA, make America healthy again, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medic, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, NCCIH Coalition for Whole Person Health, NIH, whole person health, whole person medicine

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Quelle surprise. Son of TACT (TACT2) shows that chelation therapy doesn’t work for heart disease

Post author By Orac
Post date May 6, 2024
24 Comments on Quelle surprise. Son of TACT (TACT2) shows that chelation therapy doesn’t work for heart disease

Chelation therapy broom — Nope. Chelation therapy does NOT work like this to treat blockages due to atherosclerosis. In fact, it doesn't work at all, despite what quacks have claimed.

Orac has long argued that chelation therapy for heart disease is quackery. An abstract presented last month finally confirmed that. Why did it take so long?

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