A defunct health care corporation invented by Elizabeth Holmes that was once considered revolutionary in conducting blood tests that required only a finger-prick but there was one big problem; it was too good to be true. It was a big sham. The technology was worthless (engineers with their PhD's couldn't get the blood testing equipment to work), the tests were highly inaccurate (one example; a patient complained about ringing in her ears, Theranos test said she was at risk of having a stroke, her doctor thought something seemed off, gave her a real blood test and it turned out the symptoms were just the result of insomnia!), investors were mislead despite a boatload of red flags (Theranos never demonstrated the technology and showed them the labs. Investors just liked the cool idea of a test requiring just a drop of blood), the company was tyrannical chaos and mistreated their employees pretty harshly, etc.
Holmes and her equally scummy partner/sugar daddy Sunny Balwani have been indicted for wire fraud. Just read the book "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup" by John Carreryrou if you want to get the full details. A must-read.
Holmes and her equally scummy partner/sugar daddy Sunny Balwani have been indicted for wire fraud. Just read the book "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup" by John Carreryrou if you want to get the full details. A must-read.
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Speed therapy is when you go at high speeds in a car to clear your mind and get rid of any bad thoughts.
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A very fast-paced and highly successful psychotherapy that puts normal neurotics into the wild and running from grizzly bears guarding their young.
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"Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of trying to change an individual's sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual using psychological or spiritual interventions."
"Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of trying to change an individual's sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual using psychological or spiritual interventions."
Conversion Therapy is indeed a form of brainwashing, but people should know the full definition, not just that it's bad.
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After years of flushing money down the toilet at her shrink's office, schlumpy Cathy finally hired a wardrobe therapist. Now she is happily married, has three children, a dog and a cat as well as a six figure income.
After years of flushing money down the toilet at her shrink's office, schlumpy Cathy finally hired a wardrobe therapist. Now she is happily married, has three children, a dog and a cat as well as a six figure income.
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