Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. President of the Senate,
On January 22, the Evaluation Group of Personalized Complementary Therapies (Getcop) and the National Chamber of Health Practitioners (CNPS), with the support of University College of Integrative and Complementary Medicine (Cumic), three pressure groups working in favor of unconventional care, are organizing in the Senate, through Senator Laurence Muller-Bronn, a day entitled “Why and how to secure the introduction of health practices?”.
Let us make no mistake, for these associations it is about ensuring the promotion and legitimization of pseudo-medicines before the Senate, and more broadly among our fellow citizens.
These practices, which have not proven their effectiveness, present risks of therapeutic abuses (loss of chance of cure, undesirable side effects, social cost) and sectarian abuses.
These pressure groups thus expose a singular vision of health, which goes against evidence-based medicine, and which can influence public decision-making.
Indeed, among the speakers announced, we find known promoters of unconventional, often esoteric practices, some of whom are linked to groups reported in parliamentary reports or of the Interministerial Vigilance Mission to combat sectarian aberrations (see below).
At a time when the press and institutions are constantly pointing out these pressure groups, and the Ministry of Health has commissioned a study mission on the “fight against obscurantism and disinformation in health”, whose results have just been presented, it seems totally inconsistent that the national representation could endorse such an event.
Also, we ask Mr. Gérard Larcher, President of the Senate, all senators, and representatives of the State, that this event calling into question the foundations of science and rationality in medicine be purely and simply canceled, in accordance with Law No. 2024-420 of May 10, 2024 aimed at strengthening the mechanisms for the fight against sectarian abuses and support for victims.
Some examples of people announced at the conference on January 22:
Valerie Broniformer nurse, now CNPS administrator, coach and mentor in personal development. It offers treatments based on a biophotonic process, never before validated, which would allow a rapid “scan” of the body by a simple recording with the fingers to obtain data in order to optimize one’s state of health. She also practices art therapy, psycho-energetics, Emotional Freedom Technique, Tong ren, cardiac coherence, matrix reimprinting, all approaches highlighted by Miviludes.
Henri Tsiangretired researcher from the Pasteur Institute, he now teaches Qi Gong and offers a set of therapeutic practices derived from Chinese medicine, none of which is recognized by the Public Health Code: Taoist energy arts, meditation, Dao Yin, therapeutic Qi gong, Tui Na massage, etc.
Dr Bernard Payrau, president of Getcop and administrator of the CNPS, claims his attachment to Cerap, the center for the study of fasciatherapy. Fasciatherapy was particularly highlighted by the press, as well as in the two volumes of senatorial report No. 480 made on behalf of the Commission of Inquiry into the influence of sectarian movements in the field of health, under the direction of the president, Mr. Senator Alain Milon, and the rapporteur, Mr. Senator Jacques Mézard, handed over to the presidency of the Senate on April 3, 2013.
Reza Moghaddassiassociate professor of philosophy, regularly speaks at Getcop conferences, a structure promoting the concept of “integrative medicine”. He also works for the entry of “full presence meditation” into schools; a technique invented and registered as a trademark by Danis Bois, the designer of fasciatherapy. R. Moghaddassi also contributes to meetings organized by the “Interdisciplinary University of Paris” such as the “International Conference on Health, Meditation and Consciousness, Healing of the Body, Healing of the Soul” or the “Colloquium: Consciousness and the Invisible”.
Professor Fabrice Bernavice-president of training at Cumic, recommends the integration of non-conventional medicines into care pathways, and the training of future doctors, also calling into question the skills of Miviludes. He is a member of a movement led by Miviludes, La Libre Université du Samadeva.
Professor Laurence Verneuilvice-president of research at Cumic, is also part of the Scientific Committee of the Health United movement, and acts as an expert at the IFPPC, two associated structures which, under the guise of “integrative medicine”, promote a set of pseudo-therapies that have not been scientifically validated. United Health and IFPPC regularly work with the Men-Tsee-Khang Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute, which places the astrological analysis of diseases, including cancer and leukemia, at the center of its practice.
* Signatories:
- Sectarian Phenomenon Study Group (GéPS)
- Collectif No FakeMed
- Study Group of Thought Movements for the Protection of the Individual (GEMPPI)
- Simon Schraub, Emeritus Professor of Cancerology and Honorary Director of the Paul Strauss Cancer Center in Strasbourg. Vice-president of the League against Cancer, Bas Rhin Committee.
- Nicolas Pinsault, Physiotherapist, Professor at Grenoble Alpes University
- Yves Malthièry, Honorary Professor of Medicine, former Inserm Unit Director
- Patrick Alary, Honorary Hospital Psychiatrist, Urcuit
- Marie-Françoise Bardet, President of the Association for the Defense of Families and Individual Victims of Sects in Touraine
- Jean-François Bergmann, Emeritus Professor of Therapeutics, Paris-Cité University
- Hélène Bouchoux, Hospital dietician-nutritionist
- Henri Broch, Physicist, Honorary Professor Université Côte-d’Azur & member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
- Gérald Bronner, Professor of sociology Sorbonne University, Member of the National Academy of Medicine, Member of the CNRS Academy of Technologies – GEMASS
- Agnès Buzyn, Former Minister of Solidarity and Health, President of the Évidences Institute
- Lise Caron, retired from the CNRS, Researcher, Health sector
- Alain Caumont, President and Board of Directors of the Association for the Defense of Families and Individuals Victims of Sects in Aude
- Sylvie Chevalier, Lecturer – Hospital Practitioner in Cellular Biology
- Gérard Cohen, Retired doctor, Paris
- Laurent Cordonier, Doctor in social sciences, Associate researcher at GEMASS (Sorbonne University-CNRS), Member of the steering committee of the “Fight against obscurantism and disinformation in health” mission of the Ministry of Health.
- Dominique Costagliola, Member of the Academy of Sciences, Inserm Emeritus Research Director, co-author of the “Health Information” report
- François Couraud, Honorary Professor of Medicine, former advisor to the Director General of Higher Education
- Claude Delpech, President of False Induced Memories Alert (AFSI)
- Charline Delporte, President of the National Center for Family Support Facing Sectarian Control (CAFFES)
- Isabelle Derrendinger, President of the National Council of the Order of Midwives
- Christine Destombes, President of the Association for the Defense of Families and Individuals Victims of Sects in Champagne Ardenne
- Gérard Dubois, Professor of Medicine, Full Member of the National Academy of Medicine
- Jean-François Dumas, Secretary General of the National Council of the Order of Masseurs-Physiotherapists
- Thomas C. Durand, PhD, science popularizer and vice-president of ASTEC
- Edzard Ernst, Emeritus Professor, University of Exeter
- Séverine Falkowicz, Lecturer & Social Psychologist
- Alain Fischer, Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics (AP-HP, Paris Cité University, Collège de France, Inserm), founding member of the Institute of Genetics Imagine, member of the Academies of Medicine and Science of France and the USA.
- Fabrice Frank, Biologist & computer scientist
- Cyril Gambari, Teacher, Doctor in Microbiology
- Jean-Louis Guéant, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, former Inserm Unit Director & full member of the National Academy of Medicine
- Jean-Pierre Jougla, Honorary lawyer
- Karine Lacombe, Professor, infectious disease specialist, CHU Saint-Antoine
- François Lecardonnel, Engineer in therapeutic innovation and immunotherapy
- Pierre Le Coz, Professor at Aix-Marseille University & National Academy of Medicine
- Christian Lehmann, General practitioner
- Hervé Maisonneuve, public health doctor, co-author of the “Health Information” report
- Willy Mangin, Dietitian-nutritionist, expert in sport and health
- Pascale Mathieu, President of the National Council of the Order of Masseurs-Physiotherapists
- Éric May, general practitioner, President of the National Federation of Health Center Training.
- Camille Mazé-Lambrechts, CNRS Research Director, Sciences Po – CEVIPOF UMR 7048
- Gilles Mercier, retired researcher from Inserm
- Mathieu Molimard, Professor of medicine, pharmacologist, co-author of the “Health Information” report
- Isabelle Périé, Dietician-nutritionist
- Grégoire Perra, Professor of Philosophy
- Éric Prou, President of the National Council of the Order of Chiropodists-Chiropodists
- Jacques Robert, Emeritus Professor of Cancerology at the University of Bordeaux
- Véronique Saada, Doctor, Hospital Practitioner in Biological Hematology
- Alexander Samuel, Teacher, doctor in molecular biology
- Françoise Shenfield, Honorary Associate Professor University College London, Member of the National Academy of Medicine
- Alfred Spira, Professor of Epidemiology, National Academy of Medicine
- Kilian Thomas, President of the Autonomous Grouping of Young Established and Replacement General Practitioners (REAGJIR)
- Hugo Winckler, President of the Roger Ikor Center Against Mental Manipulation (CCMM)
- Association for the defense of families and individuals victims of sects in Alsace
- Association for the defense of families and individuals victims of sects in Yvelines
- Association for the defense of families and individuals victims of sects in the Var
- Association for the defense of families and individuals victims of sects in Nantes
- Association for the defense of families and individuals victims of sects in South Brittany
- Association for the defense of families and individuals victims of sects in Normandy
- Office of the National Union of Associations for the Defense of Families and Individual Victims of Sects (UNADFI)
- Secticide, Association for the fight and support against sectarian aberrations
