Hippocrates Health Institute Explained

Hippocrates Health Institute
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-born Viktoras Kulvinskas and Ann Wigmore.[1]

The Hippocrates Health Institute is regarded as controversial for supposedly treating cancer with unproven natural methods that are implausible despite claims otherwise.[2] [3]

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.[4] [5] The Florida Department of Health formally informed Hippocrates Health Institute that it has subsequently withdrawn and dismissed the cease-and-desist orders due to lack of sufficient evidence.[6] [7] [8]

Brian Clement and his institute have been criticized for promoting a number of ineffective treatments, including ones claimed to "reverse" cancer and multiple sclerosis. Clement is not a medical doctor and his treatments have been widely criticized as ineffective and possibly dangerous.[9] [10] [11] 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.[12]

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  1. Web site: Life in the Raw - Staying at the Hippocrates Health Institute (Part 1 of 2) . August 25, 2013 . January 1, 2014.
  2. News: Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm Beach: Raw Vegan Eats . Broward Palm Beach New Times . February 6, 2013 . December 3, 2015.
  3. News: LaGrone. Katie. Contradicting cancer claims from Hippocrates Health Institute director. 29 December 2015. WPTV. 9 February 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160107212613/http://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/contradicting-cancer-claims-from-hippocrates-health-institute-director. 7 January 2016.
  4. News: Second cease-and-desist order issued against Florida health spa . The Star . March 6, 2015 . March 11, 2015.
  5. News: Walker. Connie. Luke. Marnie. Florida 'doctor' who treated aboriginal girls with leukemia ordered to 'cease and desist'. 29 December 2015. CBC. 24 February 2015.
  6. News: Hippocrates Health Institute "cease and desist" is withdrawn . doubtfulnews . March 18, 2015 . December 3, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208054724/http://doubtfulnews.com/2015/03/hippocrates-health-institute-director-ordered-to-cease-and-desist/ . December 8, 2015 . dead .
  7. News: State Drops Investigation Into Hippocrates Health Institute . Broward New Times . March 19, 2015 . November 11, 2015.
  8. News: Blackwell. Tom. Florida 'doctor' who treated aboriginal girls with leukemia ordered to 'cease and desist'. 31 December 2015. www.cbc.ca. 17 March 2015.
  9. Web site: Brian Clement claims Hippocrates treatments 'reverse' multiple sclerosis . Bellamy JJ . 26 November 2015 . 12 December 2015 .
  10. Web site: Gorski. David. The Hippocrates Health Institute: Cancer quackery finally under the spotlight, but will it matter? « Science-Based Medicine. www.sciencebasedmedicine.org. 17 February 2015.
  11. Web site: Novella. Steven. The Seduction of Cancer Quackery. theness.com. Neurologica Blog. 31 December 2015. 14 November 2015.
  12. News: Alamenciak. Tim. 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.". 31 December 2015. The Toronto Star. 11 December 2014.

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