Suzanne Humphries

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'''Suzanne Humphries''' is a nephrologist (kidney doctor) who became a vocal proponent of [[Pseudoscience|totally legitimate and validated science]] and [[Quack medicine|remedies that have been field tested to cure .. things]]. Humphries has been involved with the International Medical Council on Vaccination, a front group for [[vaccine hysteria]], and is a signer of the organization's anti-vax [[Project Steve]] petition. She has written several blog posts and done several podcasts and interviews insinuating that kidney failure is caused by vaccines.<ref>[http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2010/12/05/are-vaccines-a-gift-from-god/ Are Vaccines a Gift From God?], Suzanne Humphries.</ref><ref name=natural>[http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=BAE7F6323813CFAFB8338173FB11D429 Interview on Natural News]</ref> Humphries uses this purely [[anecdotal]], unstudied, "feeling" of vaccines' role in kidney disease to try to justify why her complete lack of training in any relevant field of epidemiology, immunology or vaccines doesn't disqualify her as an "expert" on the topic. 

In 2010, Humphries announced she had embraced [[homeopathy]], having studied it for four years.  Her level of homeopathic certification is unclear — she is repeatedly referred to as being "at the end of her studies."<ref name=homeopathy>[http://archive.today/sYVV3 Allopathic Failure, Homeopathic Future], Suzanne Humphries (Archived)</ref><ref>http://www.whale.to/a/suzanne_humphries.html</ref> As part of Humphries' embrace of homeopathy, she swallowed the [[kool-aid]] of a very extreme version of [[vitalism]] and goes around the Internet claiming that homeopathy works by fixing [[Subtle energy|energy flows]] in the body.<ref name=homeopathy />. Humphries claims that homeopathy is a "more advanced system" than [[evidence-based medicine]]; she states that "[[allopathic]]" medicine tends to exacerbate the forces that drive chronic illness.<ref name=homeopathy />. 

She recommends that people limit their medical care only to homeopaths, [[chiropractor]]s, and [[osteopathy|osteopaths]]. Despite this, she still appears to be working her day job as a nephrologist at the Northeast Nephrology Clinic in Bangor, [[Maine]].

In 2015, Humphries claimed in a video <ref name=HomeopathyDenial>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLrqmvjrIjI#t=2m30s Vaccines-Honesty vs Policy - Part I. Is Dr. Humphries a quack homeopath?]</ref> that "I did not complete my studies and never earned a degree. I am not, and do not wish to be a homeopath". This seems inconsistent with her prior statements <ref name=QuackHomeopath>[http://archive.is/sYVV3 Allopathic Failure, Homeopathic Future]</ref> and her attendance at the school of Homeopathy in the UK from 2008 until 2011.

A version of her CV from 2011<ref name=2011CV>[http://drsuzanne.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/CV.pdf Dr Suzanne Humphries - CV from 2011]</ref> lists qualifications in Homeopathy and [[Thought field therapy]]. Later versions of her CV exclude these qualifications.

On [[NaturalNews]] she has expressed frustration that her edits to this page keep getting reverted, and "they put back their lies right away" and "at least half the information on there about me is completely falsified."<ref>[http://www.naturalnews.com/033823_quackbusters_James_Randi.html It's in the comments here]</ref>

She has also attempted to combine anti-vax sentiment with poorly thought-out [[religious]] gobbledygook (i.e., lies purportedly based on scripture) in an effort to convince ''somebody'' that the [[Bible]] and [[Koran]] are opposed to vaccination. Pull the other leg, please.<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2012/08/28/wielding-religion-as-a-weapon-against-vaccines/ Wielding religion as a weapon against vaccines,] Respectful Insolence.</ref> 

She promotes mystical powers of [[Vitamin C]], calling it "the basis of life,"<ref name=WhoopingCough>[http://www.vaccinationcouncil.org/2012/09/07/vitamin-c-for-whooping-cough-updated-edition-suzanne-humphries-md Vitamin C for Whooping Cough]</ref> and asserts it magically "neutralizes any [[toxins]] in the blood."<ref name=WhoopingCough /> Additionally, ''she [[Dunning-Kruger effect|woefully misunderstands]] or [[Wilful ignorance|willfully misrepresents]] research to support her ideas''. In an article on whooping cough, she states that lethargy in chronically ill people is commonly due to Vitamin C deficiency, citing a paper on the antioxidative properties of Vitamin C in the [[mitochondria]] as her only evidence. In the same article, she asserts Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is caused by Vitamin C deficiency, yet her sole evidence is a paper which found carnitine supplementation prevented mitochondrial abnormalities in rats with Vitamin C deficiency.<ref name=WhoopingCough />

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