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Science consultant, PhD. Microbiome, science integrity, image forensics. Scientific discussions should not be held in the courtroom. She/Goat 🐢💻🔬😼🇳🇱🇺🇸

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    Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 4 Dec 2020

    Elisabeth Bik Retweeted LymeScience

    Why is @ClevelandClinic so heavily promoting non-evidence-based medicine? The answer, I assume, is money. It sells. But it is heavily undermining the reputation of the clinic as one of the top academic medical centers in the US.https://twitter.com/LymeScience/status/1334932499420622850 …

    Elisabeth Bik added,

    How does acupuncture work?

Chinese medicine calls the energy that flows through the body qi. Chinese medicine practitioners believe qi disruptions create imbalances in the body’s energy that lead to illness.

Some forms of acupuncture aim to rebalance qi with needles that touch acupuncture points (acupoints) throughout the body. There are hundreds of acupoints in the body along 14 major meridians, also called energy-carrying channels.

The needles stimulate the body’s existing systems to:

React to an illness or symptom.
Rebalance the body.
    LymeScience @LymeScience
    The health fraud at @ClevelandClinic is so pervasive that they’re engaging in germ theory denial during a pandemic. This nonsense has a note saying “Last reviewed by a Cleveland Clinic medical professional on 10/14/2020.” https://donotlink.it/04ANnG  pic.twitter.com/FDSVLeAVFo
    11:39 AM - 4 Dec 2020
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      2. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 4 Dec 2020

        Cleveland's "Wellness Institute" has received criticism before. Its director, Dr. Daniel Neides, posted an anti-vaccine rant in 2017 for which he had to apologize, prompting the clinic to be 'reevaluating some of the institute’s offerings'.https://www.statnews.com/2017/01/11/cleveland-clinic-daniel-neides-vaccines/ …

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      3. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 4 Dec 2020

        Yet, three years later, @ClevelandClinic still is offering many non-proven 'services' as treatment options, such as acupuncture, herbal therapy, and reiki. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/wellness/integrative/treatments-services …pic.twitter.com/NbzAICFNka

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      4. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 4 Dec 2020

        Although - without doubt - massages, yoga sessions, and healthy nutrition are all wonderful strategies to make us feel good and balanced, it is misleading to sell them as treatment options.

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      5. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 4 Dec 2020

        On this page, @ClevelandClinic is selling Reiki, a method where a practitioner hovers their hands over a client without touching them, as a way to 'supply universal life force energy' and 'increase vibrational frequency'. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/wellness/integrative/treatments-services/reiki …pic.twitter.com/J4ZrlFamHX

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      6. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 4 Dec 2020

        But even worse, @ClevelandClinic is offering Reiki to treat cancer, infertility, or Parkinson's disease. That is completely misleading. Yes, it has a disclaimer below that patients should still use 'regular' treatments, but here is the screenshot. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/wellness/integrative/treatments-services/reiki#what-we-treat-tab …pic.twitter.com/OsWlJ4B91z

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      7. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 4 Dec 2020

        In addition, @ClevelandClinic is selling Acupuncture to help with breech positioning and - again - infertility. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/wellness/integrative/treatments-services/acupuncture#what-we-treat-tab …

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      8. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 4 Dec 2020

        Guided Imagery is sold by @ClevelandClinic as treatment for high blood pressure and improve the immune system. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/wellness/integrative/treatments-services/guided-imagery#what-we-treat-tab …

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      9. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 4 Dec 2020

        And Chinese Herbal Therapy is offered by @ClevelandClinic to treat autoimmune disorders and - again - infertility. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/wellness/integrative/treatments-services/chinese-herbal-therapy#what-we-treat-tab …

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      10. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 4 Dec 2020

        Of course, anyone of these services will make a person feel better. It is very nice for a patient to have a practitioner focus on them for 30 min or an hour, instead of 5 min at the doctor's office.

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      11. Elisabeth Bik‏Verified account @MicrobiomDigest 4 Dec 2020

        And there certainly is value in some of these therapies to help with stress, anxiety, sleep issues, etc. But to sell them as treatment for autoimmune disorders and infertility is giving false hope to patients.

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