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‘Brain performance’ firm DeVos invested in is hit for misleading claims

Posted on June 26, 2018

Originally published June 26, 2018 by The New York Times
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Betsey Devos
Neurocore has received more than $5 million from Ms. DeVos and her husband, Richard DeVos Jr., to run “brain performance centers” in Michigan and Florida. (CreditTom Brenner/The New York Times)

Neurocore, a company which claims to reduce symptoms and cure conditions such as ADHD, depression and autism, has agreed to stop advertising such success rates following a review that found the company’s claims were based on mixed research and non-scientific studies. Education Secretary DeVos and her husband have invested more than $5 million in Neurocore.

Read the full story from The New York Times here.

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