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POPS125 Fake Cancer 'Cures' You Should Avoid I only clipped the names of the persons/corporations responsible. Watch out for these. See source for the complete list. The products contain ingredients such as bloodroot, shark cartilage, coral calcium, cesium, ellagic acid, Cat's Claw, an herbal tea called Essiac, and mushroom varieties such as Agaricus Blazeii, Shitake, Maitake, and Reishi. These products claim to cure, treat, mitigate or prevent disease, and these products have not been shown to be safe and effective for their labeled conditions of use. Examples of fraudulent claims for these products include: * "Treats all forms of cancer" * "Causes cancer cells to commit suicide!" * "80% more effective than the world's number one cancer drug" * "Skin cancers disappear" * "Target cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone" * "Shrinks malignant tumors" * "Avoid painful surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or other conventional treatments"
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POPSMedical Quackery Devices Patented Dec. 12, 1905, the Timely Warning was manufactured as a solution to amorous dreaming. OMG! See those spikes? And while not listed at this site, I'm sitting here with a Dr. Pepper. It was originally created as a potion by pharmacist.
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POPSQuackwatch (sm) There are dozens of categories. An exceptional source for health related information.
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POPSG. Edward Griffin: A World Without Cancer With billions of dollars spent each year on research, with other billions taken in on the sale of cancer-related drugs, and with fund-raising at an all-time high, there are now more people making a living from cancer than dying from it. If the solution should be found in a simple vitamin, this gigantic industry could be wiped out over night. The result is that the politics of cancer therapy is more complicated than the science.
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POPSHomeopathy = Nonsence In the UK this kind of quackery gets government funding. This is a disgrace when other areas of medicine that have scientifically proven efficacy are under funded.
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POPSQuackwatch # DHEA: Ignore the Hype (updated 10/12/98) # Dietary Supplements, Herbs, and Hormones (index to many articles) FEATURE TOPIC # Dubious Diagnostic Tests (index to many articles) FEATURE TOPIC # Ear Candling (updated 6/4/03) # Electrodiagnostic Device Quackery (slow-loading article, updated 10/1/03) FEATURE TOPIC # "Ergogenic Aids" (updated 8/14/00) # Eye-Related Quackery (updated 8/21/03) # Fad Diagnoses (index to 17 articles, updated 7/3/06) FEATURE TOPIC # Fad Diets (to be posted) # Faith Healing (updated 3/3/03) # Genetic Testing Scams (updated 1/22/03) # Glucosamine for Arthritis (updated 4/7/06) # Gamma-hydroxybutyric Acid: A Growing Danger (posted 7/17/98) # Growth Hormone Scams (posted 3/20/02) # Hair Analysis: A Cardinal Sign of Quackery (updated 4/21/06) # Hair Removal Methods: What Works and What Doesn't (updated 8/21/01) # Herbal Practices and Products
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POPSDouble Standard for Quackery It appears to be an unfortunate human characteristic that we are motivated more by irrational emotions or extremism than by calm intellectualism. In the context of CAM, I see a very activist and vocal minority have influence far greater than their numbers or the value of their ideas merit. Meanwhile the “scientific majority” are largely standing on the sidelines, either not perceiving the threat, or not wanting to risk political incorrectness in order to defend science from nonsense. Or, most often, they see is as just not worth their time and effort. The result, I fear, will be a permanent culture change within medicine. I do not think that scientific medicine will ever go away – it is just too valuable and effective. Rather our healthcare system will be increasingly burdened by a resource-sapping parasite of CAM, draining away healthcare and research dollars while confusing the public and distracting them away from the most effective treatments.
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