California Licensed Falsehood News: CNMC ND D'Amico Reappointment 2020

here, news of the personnel on the California Naturopathic Medicine Committee, which is the State of California directly hawking licensed falsehood to the population:

001. at californianewswire.com, Christopher Simmons writes in "Calif. Gov. Newsom Announces Appointments for 1.7.20 including to the California Naturopathic Medicine Committee" [2020 archived]:

"Greta D'Amico [...who] earned a doctor of naturopathic medicine degree from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences [...] has been reappointed to the California Naturopathic Medicine Committee where she has served since 2015 [...] a physician at Four Rivers Naturopathic Clinic PC since 2004 [...] D’Amico is a member of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, California Naturopathic Doctors Association [...] National Center for Homeopathy and the Philanthropic Educational Organization [...]";

so wow.  Like saying 'we've reappointed the homeopathy falsehood purveyor...'  State approved.

002. at the ND's practice, we're told in:

002.a. "Meet Our Doctors" [2020 archived]

"after considering a career in conventional medicine I finally decided that naturopathic medicine was the best fit for me. It allows me to practice a form of medicine that actually addresses the cause of illness [...]";

wow, there's some serious shade.  The accusation that modern medicine is negligent, grossly. But of course, homeopathy.... The ND's practice partner states, on the same page:

"my practice is centered in the conviction that our bodies have the innate intelligence to recover health. I believe that my job as a naturopathic doctor is to assist and facilitate that natural process

which of course is coded vitalism.  Something rather honest there: not the scientific fact, the conviction.  Interesting.

002.b. in "Our Therapies" [2020 archived], we're told:

"homeopathy was developed over 200 years ago by a German physician who was disillusioned by the toxicity and ineffectiveness of the medicine of his day [sounds like 002.a....] homeopathy uses preparations made from highly diluted natural substances that trigger a healing response in the body. We find this form of medicine to be gentle, deeply acting and useful in all phases of treatment [...]";

claims of homeopathy efficacy, which is generally considered abject quackery.

002.c. and on top of all this, a 'super-science education claim' on the page "Our Education", which states:

"below is an excerpt from a 2005 article in the Journal of Family Practice entitled 'Naturopathic Medicine: What Can Patients Expect?' It compares basic science training in naturopathic, conventional and osteopathic medical schools [...with the numbers for all them sciences being, respectively] 1125, 1079, 976 [...]";

so, naturopathy lists themselves as MOST.  Yet, inherent to naturopathy is labeling the abjectly science-ejected "deeply acting."  So, watch out.  And what I also find quite gross is how the naturopaths who wrote that JFP article cited coded their essential science-ejected vitalism IN THE ARTICLE AS PUBLISHED.  What to expect is deception and falsehood.

 
003. at the State of California's ca.gov:

003.a. we're told about the ND in "Committee Members Bio" [2020 archived]:

 "Greta Hauck D'Amico, N.D., received [...] her doctorate of naturopathic medicine (ND) from the Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in 2004. She is currently President of the Four Rivers Naturopathic Clinic where she sees patients of all ages with her husband, Sandro D'Amico, ND [...] she utilizes several novel approaches to help her patients, including classical homeopathy, biotherapeutic drainage and European biological medicine, counseling and physical medicine [...] Dr. D’Amico was appointed to the Committee by former Governor Brown in December 2015 [...]";

 more nutty therapeutics miles away from scientific support.  But, under the State's Seal of Approval.

003.b.  and we're simultaneously told in "State of California Department of Consumer Affairs Naturopathic Medicine Committee 2016 Oversight Review Report" [2020 archived]:

"NPLEX Part II - Core Clinical Science Examination is an integrated case-based examination that covers the following topics: diagnosis (using physical & clinical methods, and lab tests & imaging studies), materia medica (botanical medicine and homeopathy), nutrition, physical medicine, health psychology, emergency medicine, medical procedures, public health, pharmacology, and research. This examination is designed to test the skills and knowledge that an entry-level naturopathic physician must have in order to practice safely. Every jurisdiction that licenses naturopathic physicians requires that a candidate pass the NPLEX Part II - Core Clinical Science Examination [...]";

so, the naturopathic licensure exam for North American falsely states that homeopathy is a science.  And somehow, this falsehood and delusion, manipulation and outright misrepresentation is not only ca.gov endorsed, it is claim to lead to GOOD things.  Like safety.  The epistemic charity of an unethical sectarian pseudoscience marches on...