Unfortunately, @EdzardErnst is buying into an unfortunate narrative I've seen that uses the Larry Nassar case to paint DOs as potential sexual predators based on things they no longer practice, at least not in the US. 3/
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There isn't, as far as I've been able to tell, any difference in the propensity of DOs vs. MDs to diddle their patients. The problem is not Nassar's DO. It's his privilege as a physician that let him sexually assault his patients and get away with it for decades. 4/
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Do you think it was only DOs who knew what Nassar was being accused of and did nothing. He was faculty at MSU's College of Medicine, NOT its College of Osteopathic Medicine. He was in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. 5/
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It's damned certain that it was not just Nassar's fellow DOs who ignored or downplayed allegations of sexual abuse against him over two decades. You can be damned sure if was MDs too. 6/
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The problem is not Nassar's DO. It is the culture of medicine that lets predators like Nassar get away with sexually assaulting patients for decades under the guise of treating or examining them. 7/
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And it's not as though MDs are innocent. There are, unfortunately, MDs who are sexual predators like Nassar too. 8/
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Focusing on Nassar's being an osteopathic physician misses the point. In the US, there is no practical or functional difference between MDs and DOs. 9/
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WHAT POINT? My point is: American Osteopathic Assn. released a statement to http://MLive.com , the Michigan news service, saying that intravaginal manipulations are indeed an approved, if rare, osteopathic treatment for pelvic pain…
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It was referring to pelvic floor therapy, which is a legitimate physical therapy modality and not The all what Nassar was doing. Here's the article. (I like to go to the source.)http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/02/what_was_portrayed_as_medical.html …
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"Intravaginal procedures do happen, although they are not common, according to a statement from the American Osteopathic Association. These treatments are often an extension of osteopathic manipulative therapy."
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Read the rest of the article. We already know about that statement.
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