The quackery @WHO includes in ICD-11 is quite egregious. Let's look at some examples. For example, there is SG26, or Bladder meridian pattern (TM). "A pattern characterized by clashing headache and sensation that the eyes are being torn out. The nape of the neck is tight,.." 5/
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For instance, there is the WHO Traditional Medicine Strategy (2014– 2023), "highlighting the global scientific challenges and showing how a systems biology approach can be applied to diagnosis, leading to integrated network-based medicine." 16/
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@WHO is applying systems biology to quackery. It's the very epitome of quackademic medicine. Worse,@aaas teamed up with WHO to promote quackery in@sciencemagazine in a paid supplement. 17/ https://respectfulinsolence.com/2015/01/05/science-and-the-aaas-sell-their-souls-to-promote-pseudoscience-in-medicine/ …Show this thread -
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@WHO: "Some of the exciting areas in TCM research include the therapeutic potential of herbal remedies against influenza, cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases; the exploration of gut microbiota-targeted dietary interventions against chronic inflammation..." 18/Show this thread -
"...; and the study of the biological activities of complex polysaccharides present in medicinal plants." 19/
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Worse, here's a major
@WHO objective: "Objective 3: To promote universal health coverage by integrating T&CM services into health care service delivery and self-health care." You read that right. WHO wants to "integrate" prescientific medicine into medicine. 20/Show this thread -
I could go on and on, but I think that's enough.
@WHO, for all the good it does in other areas, has totally embraced quackery, as long as it's "traditional." 21/21Show this thread
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