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Defending alternative medicine and autism: the charges against Anju Usman

Friday, October 14th, 2011

In Illinois charges DAN doctor with unethical behavior, LBRB writer Ken Reibel discussed the case recently brought against alternative medical practitioner Dr. Anju Usman. These charges follow on a civil suit brought by the parent of an autistic child seen by Dr. Usman. This charges in this case will require that Dr. Usman defend many [...]

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Illinois charges DAN doctor with unethical behavior

Thursday, October 13th, 2011

According to the Chicago Tribune, the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has charged a well-known Naperville physician with “unprofessional, unethical and/or dishonorable conduct.” Dr. Anju Usman, a familiar face at anti-vaccine conferences in the US and abroad, allegedly lied about or exaggerated the value of treatments, and “demonstrated extreme departure from rational [...]

Posted in Chelation, Quackery | 14 Comments »

Generation Rescue: taking another small step away from the brink?

Thursday, July 14th, 2011

Generation Rescue has over the years been one of the more vocal promoters of the vaccines-cause-autism notion. Like any organization, they have changed over the years and their website reflects that. Their website started out with the title “Autism Mercury Chelation” and a very simple (and wrong) statement: Generation Rescue believes that childhood neurological disorders [...]

Posted in Autism, Chelation, MMR, Mercury, Orgs, Vaccines, Wakefield | 4 Comments »

Maryland Board of Phyicians: Mark Geier “endangers autistic children and exploits their parents”

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Dr. Mark Geier is well known in the world of alternative medicine and autism. He, together with his son David, work a medical practice and publish papers. They are long-standing proponents of the vaccine-causation hypothesis, presenting pseudo-epidemiological studies as support. Dr. Geier has worked as a witness in the vaccine court, has has a long [...]

Posted in Autism, Chelation, Extreme biomed, Geier, Lupron, Mercury, Vaccines | 32 Comments »