Hundreds of Georgia wellness clinics promote unproven treatments with little oversight from one of the nation’s weakest medical boards, an AJC investigation found.

Two doctors ran afoul of the DOJ after moving to Georgia from Tennessee so they could use chelation, a treatment for removing heavy metals, as a cure-all and billed Medicare.

An AJC investigation found some Georgia alternative medicine clinics marketing unproven treatments and costly supplements to desperate patients.

Social media and marketing have built Progressive Medical Center into one of the most prominent alternative medical clinics in Georgia, if not the entire Southeast

Georgia's medical board can't keep up with its responsibilities, including investigating complaints and overseeing doctors with multiple malpractice payouts.

A doctor's felony conviction is required to be posted on the medical board website, but the information is missing and other facts are inaccurate, the AJC found.

Georgia law limits the scope of practice for healthcare providers, including those at IV clinics, med spas and alternative medicine clinics.

Patients may not know that these treatments are experimental or about the risks they may pose. The latest in AJC's investigation on alternative medicine in Georgia.

The AJC's "Risky Medicine" investigation exposed how Georgia is a major hub for alternative medicine, attracting sometimes unlicensed professionals who have harmed patients.

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A move by the Georgia Medical Board to protect patients seeking care at the growing number of IV therapy clinics across the state leads to a backlash from nurses.