Mayo Clinic Promotes Reiki

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Mayo Clinic Promotes Reiki

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Mayo Clinic Promotes Reiki | Science-Based Medicine

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The Mayo Clinic is a prestigious medical institution with a deserved international reputation. It also promotes rank pseudoscience. It does this, apparently, for all the reasons we have explored here

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Seriously? It’s the best part, you should try.

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