Category:Universal Medicine: Difference between revisions

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| leader_name = [[:Category:Serge Benhayon|Serge Benhayon]]

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'''Universal Medicine (UM)''' is an [[Wikipedia:alternative medicine|alternative medicine]]<ref name="AusDoctor">{{cite news|last=Newton|first=Kate|date=September 20, 2012|title='Cult' health group faces AHPRA inquiry|url=http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/latest-news/cult-health-group-faces-ahpra-inquiry|work=Australian Doctor|location=Sydney|access-date=December 20, 2014|subscription=y}}</ref> and self proclaimed religious organisation providing "[[Wikipedia:Alice Bailey#Esoteric Healing|esoteric healing]]"<ref name="CourierMail">{{cite news |last=Robertson |first=Josh |url=http://couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/esoteric-healer-serge-benhayon-plans-college-of-universal-medicine-in-goonellabah/story-e6freoof-1226474375480 | title='Esoteric healer' Serge Benhayon plans College of Universal Medicine in Goonellabah | work=The Courier Mail | date=September 15, 2012 | location=Brisbane |accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref><ref name="TelegraphGrooming">{{cite news|last=Hansen|first=Jane|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/newage-esoteric-breast-and-ovary-massage-healer-under-investigation-over-alleged-charity-law-violations/story-fni0cx12-1226962513015?nk=6bd8683a5a2d7a396c4e41fbf8603e7b|title=New-age esoteric breast and ovary massage healer under investigation over alleged charity law violations|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=June 22, 2014|location=Sydney|accessdate=December 22, 2014}}</ref> products, music, publications, workshops and courses. None of the healing modalities are evidence-based or have been proven effective by scientific research.<ref name="HCCC">{{cite web|title=The Promotion of False and Misleading Health-Related Information and Practices| author=Parliament of N.S.W.|date=November 2014|url=http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/committee.nsf/0/cd31bd4c3bffe83eca257d95007fda2b/$FILE/Final%20Report%20-%20The%20Promotion%20of%20False%20and%20Misleading%20Health-Related%20Information%20and%20Practices.pdf|publisher=New South Wales Parliamentary Library |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212041200/http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/0/cd31bd4c3bffe83eca257d95007fda2b/$FILE/Final%20Report%20-%20The%20Promotion%20of%20False%20and%20Misleading%20Health-Related%20Information%20and%20Practices.pdf | archive-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref> It is headed by its founder Serge Benhayon, a former bankrupt<ref name="NewsComAU">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/new-age-medicine-of-serge-benhayon-leaves-trail-of-broken-families/story-fndo4ckr-1226467645378|title=New age 'medicine' of Serge Benhayon leaves trail of broken families | work=news.com.au|date=September 8, 2012|location=Australia|author1=Robertson, Josh|author2=Walsh, Liam.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402072025/http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/new-age-medicine-of-serge-benhayon-leaves-trail-of-broken-families/story-fndo4ckr-1226467645378|archive-date=April 2, 2014}}</ref> tennis coach from [[Wikipedia:Maroubra, New South Wales|Maroubra]] who has no medical qualifications.<ref name="HCCC"/><ref name="SMH">{{cite news|last=Aston|first=Heath|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cult-cures-on-medicare-20120721-22gsn.html|title='Cult' cures on Medicare|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=July 22, 2012|location=Australia|deadurl=no|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213084050/http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/cult-cures-on-medicare-20120721-22gsn.html|archive-date=December 13, 2012}}</ref> The organization is principally located in [[Wikipedia:Goonellabah, New South Wales|Goonellabah]] and [[Wikipedia:Wollongbar, New South Wales|Wollongbar]], [[Wikipedia:NSW|NSW]], Australia. Its UK headquarters is known as "The Lighthouse" and is situated in Tytherington, near [[Wikipedia:Frome|Frome]], [[Wikipedia:Somerset|Somerset]], England.

*{{Wikipedia-inline|Universal Medicine}}

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==External links==

*[https://www.culteducation.com/group/1212-universal-medicine.html Universal Medicine], Cult Education Institute.