Donald Trump’s Naturopathic Vitamin and Diet Pyramid Scheme

...Trade Commission has come down hard on pyramid schemes, but has run into trouble with ones that actually sell products within a pyramid-referral structure. There are differences between an MLM company and a pyramid scheme, but the distinction can be subtle and seems to depend on the proportion of revenue that comes from recruitment versus real product sales. From learning about The Trump Network, I think it is fair to consider it less of a...

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Naturopathic Practice without Vaccines is not Primary Care Medicine

...recommendations even appear. It is common for any healthcare facility to require medical staff to be vaccinated against the seasonal flu, MMR, chicken pox, Tdap, meningococcal, and Hepatitis B. In hindsight, I find it strange that information was never provided to Bastyr students regarding the communicable diseases healthcare workers risk contracting from patients. I am even more surprised that no one discussed the possibility of non-immunized naturopathic students exposing patients and family members to communicable...

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Confessions of a former naturopathic patient: I am not getting better and it is not my fault

...Wikimedia Commons Emilie Bishop is not a healthcare professional, but after five years of battling endometriosis, she sometimes feels like her specialty is “all the treatments that haven’t worked for Emilie Bishop.” She blogged about her journey with endo and becoming a mom at emiliebishop.wordpress.com. She also writes fiction and nonfiction for children. She lives in the greater Seattle area with her software engineer husband, their adorable (and miraculous) one-year-old son, and two quirky cats....

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NECSS Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism

The naturopaths are coming! A digest of my talk at NECSS 2017

...not new. Supplement companies have played a role in every state where naturopaths are pushing a political agenda. The company Emerson Ecologics put ten grand towards a licensing campaign in Michigan last year. According to the naturopathic state organization, this money helped get a licensing bill passed by an important House committee. Fortunately, the bill ultimately failed and naturopaths remain unlicensed in Michigan. But perhaps legislators in the state have now been primed, which could...

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Getting out of the rabbit hole of naturopathic medicine

...of inflammatory diseases. I am eager to work collaboratively with other dedicated students like myself on complex problems in order to come up with novel research findings. Through earning an MSc at the University of Kiel, I ultimately aim to make my research relevant to patients who have suffered as I have my whole life. I aspire to eventually take my career to the doctoral level, where I can combine my interest in patient care...

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New Leaked AANP “Support” for CDC Vaccine Schedule is Probably a Marketing Ploy for Political Gain

...current page on naturopathy schools http://www.princetonreview.com/grad-programs/98/naturopathy-naturopathic-medicine which is actually an incomplete list as 2 schools are not listed [NUHS and SCNM], and project the cost for those ND degrees just merely using these numbers for tuition: (average tuition) X (4 years) X (total enrollment stated of these 5 schools) 23,600 X 4 X 1859 the number I get is $175,489,600 or about 1.7 million dollars. I used a guessed enrollment of 150 at UB to...

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Naturopathic pediatrics and genetic testing

...of their methods. In 2009, Skowron appeared on an episode of Animal Planet to discuss how he cured a mitochondrial disorder in a young girl named Kaylyn, using naturopathy. In the video, Kaylyn’s mom expresses that she thought Kaylyn would die. Mom got Kaylyn a dog, and then looked to Skowron for help, who implemented a natural treatment plan that included the dog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AvIzP-CcdM Kaylyn’s mom said that within days, it was as if her...

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DIY Laundry Detergent & the Fallacy of Appealing to Nature

...school after sufficient training and courses. Britt Hermes Posted by Britt on behalf of Mark T. "Many people claiming MCS also claim it started after some experience involving exposure to cleaning chemicals, which often contain powerful smells from ammonia, solvents, fragrances, etc. In this study, about half (49%) of self-reported cases of chemical/pollution hypersensitivity were found to have dust mite allergy, which is a common allergy especially associated with stirring things up during cleaning: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12046597...

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Financial and Conflict of Interest Disclosure

...or other websites. I receive no compensation for activity related to my blogging which includes, but is not limited to, public appearances, interviews, and social media activity. I do not receive compensation for any of the links on this website. I am not paid to promote vaccinations or pharmaceutical products. Those who support my writing have donated funds to Naturopathic Diaries via the PayPal link on this website. These donations cover a portion my website...

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Guide to Naturopathic Medicine

...common complementary and alternative cancer therapies, please read Naturopathic Cancer Care – Is it safe, and does it work? The CAM-Cancer and American Cancer Society websites also contain high-quality information about using CAM for cancer. More Information Naturopathic Diaries houses a collection of stories by patients, naturopaths, and medical providers. Browse the collection here. Additional Resources Bibliography on naturopathic medicine at no-naturopaths.org Naturofaqs.com Naturowatch.org Naturopathy vs. Science Series at ScienceBasedMedicine.org Chiropractor, Naturopathy Training at PainScience.com...

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