The constant credulous promotion of religious faith healing on what purports to be a news program in 2019 is embarrassing. I know these are meant to be inspirational fluff pieces, but they're actually pernicious and irresponsible.
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Replying to @snpsandsnRNPs @producertracy7 and
This is the third time since 2010 you've featured this man and uncritically presented claims that he has enabled the suspension of natural law by (an apparently Christian) god to treat serious medical problems. Not once have you featured a skeptical physician or scientist to...
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Replying to @snpsandsnRNPs @producertracy7 and
...respond to the extraordinary claims of miraculous, magical healing that are made on the basis of a handful of anecdotes and relatively common spontaneous regressions. It's irresponsible to tell seriously ill and suffering people, many of whom have exhausted all treatments...
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Replying to @snpsandsnRNPs @producertracy7 and
...known to be safe and effective, that a magician can heal them in person by participating in his religious ritual. It's not right to thoughtlessly present the untested claims of this man's magical healing powers as credible.
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Replying to @snpsandsnRNPs @producertracy7 and
Happily, Dr. Nemeh does not appear to be a predatory quack, out to sell bogus panaceas and supplements like so many who operate on the fringes contemporary medicine. But the naive presentation of these fantastical, absurd claims—claims I'm sure the producers and reporters...
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Replying to @snpsandsnRNPs @producertracy7 and
...who worked on this piece themselves find dubious—conditions your audience to believe falsehoods and conspiracies, making them more vulnerable to exploitation by charlatans and frauds. This tendency can play out to tragic effect in the setting of serious disease.
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Replying to @snpsandsnRNPs @producertracy7 and
At a minimum, the next time you decide to promote Dr. Nemeh, at least allow a response or rebuttal from a qualified mainstream physician and/or scientist. I recommend contacting
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Replying to @snpsandsnRNPs @producertracy7 and
Oh, bloody hell. Et tu,
@wxyzdetroit? It's not enough that@Local4News is airs credulous puff pieces about pet acupuncture and other alternative medicine. That's relatively harmless by comparison to promoting a faith healing quack like Dr. Issam Nemeh.1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @gorskon @snpsandsnRNPs and
I looked at some of Dr. Nemeh's cases back when he was featured on
@DrOz. Let's just say that they were...unconvincing.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-oz-once-the-learner-now-the-master-of-woo/ …2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @gorskon @snpsandsnRNPs and
I probably get myself into trouble with hospital administration criticizing local media when they air stories like this. After all, they don't want to piss off the local press. However, this story looks so egregious that I might have to take a look later.
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OTOH, I know at least some major local media figures know about my blog and know who I am. (Some of them follow me on Twitter.) People, when you need someone to take a look at claims like these, I'm usually available! Yes, I'm on a tight grant deadline now, but I'll find time!
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Replying to @gorskon @snpsandsnRNPs and
Oh, look. This isn't the first time
@wxyzdetroit has featured this faith healing quack. A search of@ScienceBasedMed archives revealed that my good bud@palmd wrote about a WXYZ story about him in 2010.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/how-bad-can-health-reporting-get/ …1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
Replying to @gorskon @snpsandsnRNPs and
Dr. Nemeh is not JUST a faith healer. He's a quack who peddles all sorts of pseudoscientific nonsense in addition to his faith healing.
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