Bravest taking the Cruise cure - 2003-12-13
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Bravest taking the Cruise cure December 13, 2003,
Bravest taking the Cruise cure December 13, 2003,
But the Fire Department has no use for Downtown Medical and its disputed detoxification program.
FDNY officials are concerned that many of the 120 firefighters who sought help at the clinic stopped using inhalers and medications prescribed by department doctors.
Fire officials also say the department has no proof that the clinic's regimen of moderate exercise, vitamins and saunas removes toxins from the body.
"Our doctors went down there and checked it out," said Deputy Commissioner Frank Gribbon. "Their opinion was this was not a detoxification program. We don't endorse it."
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{{cite news | first = Greg | last = Gittrich | title = Bravest taking the Cruise cure | url = http://web.archive.org/web/20031216055606/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/145576p-128631c.html | work = Special Report | publisher = NY Daily News | date = December 13, 2003 | accessdate = January 14, 2017 }}