Hippocrates Health Institute

Hippocrates Health Institute
Alternative medicine
Claims "Helping people, help themselves"

The Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI) is a nonprofit organization in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA, originally co-founded in 1956 in Stoneham, Massachusetts, by Lithuanian health advocates Viktoras Kulvinskas and Ann Wigmore.[1] Brian Clement started with the organization in 1975, and became a director in 1980.[2]

The Hippocrates Health Institute is controversial for giving patients false hope about treating cancer with "natural" methods that are unproven and implausible despite claims otherwise.[3][4]

In February and March 2015, cease-and-desist orders were issued against co-directors Brian and Anna-Maria Clement, both of whom represented themselves as doctors, requiring them to immediately cease the unlicensed practice of medicine.[5][6] The Florida Department of Health formally informed Hippocrates Health Institute that it has withdrawn and dismissed the Cease and Desist orders placed on HHI co-directors Brian Clement on February 10 and Anna Maria Gehns-Clement on February 25.[7][8][9]

Brian Clement and his institute have been directly criticized for promoting a number of ineffective treatments, including ones claimed to "reverse" cancer and multiple sclerosis, which amounts to practicing quackery and committing health fraud.[10][11][12] Former staff members of the institute have filed suit against Brian Clement for being fired after raising concerns about ethical wrongdoing in treating patients at the center.[13]

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References

  1. ↑ "Life in the Raw - Staying at the Hippocrates Health Institute (Part 1 of 2)". August 25, 2013. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Hippocrates Health Institute Demonstrates How Food Can Be Used as Medicine". December 1, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach: Raw Vegan Eats". Broward Palm Beach New Times. February 6, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  4. ↑ LaGrone, Katie (9 February 2015). "Contradicting cancer claims from Hippocrates Health Institute director". WPTV. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "Second cease-and-desist order issued against Florida health spa". The Star. March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ Walker, Connie; Luke, Marnie (24 February 2015). "Florida ‘doctor’ who treated aboriginal girls with leukemia ordered to ‘cease and desist’". CBC. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Hippocrates Health Institute “cease and desist” is withdrawn". doubtfulnews. March 18, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
  8. ↑ "State Drops Investigation Into Hippocrates Health Institute". Broward New Times. March 19, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  9. ↑ Blackwell, Tom (17 March 2015). "Florida ‘doctor’ who treated aboriginal girls with leukemia ordered to ‘cease and desist’". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  10. ↑ Bellamy JJ (26 November 2015). "Brian Clement claims Hippocrates treatments 'reverse' multiple sclerosis". Science-based Medicine. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  11. ↑ Gorski, David (17 February 2015). "The Hippocrates Health Institute: Cancer quackery finally under the spotlight, but will it matter? « Science-Based Medicine". www.sciencebasedmedicine.org.
  12. ↑ Novella, Steven (14 November 2015). "The Seduction of Cancer Quackery". theness.com. Neurologica Blog. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  13. ↑ Alamenciak, Tim (11 December 2014). "Four employees and a doctor are suing Hippocrates Health Institute in Florida over their dismissal, alleging they were fired after raising concerns about “ethical transgressions.”". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 31 December 2015.

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