Medical fraud and quackery: 03/2007

Quack file current month medical quackery and health fraud

 

Time	Source *	Headline **
03/20 2007 03/19 2007 03/18 2007 03/17 2007 03/16 2007 03/14 2007 03/13 2007 03/12 2007 03/11 2007 03/09 2007 03/08 2007 03/07 2007 03/07 2007 03/06 2007 03/05 2007 03/03 2007 03/02 2007 03/01 2007	ABC News CNN NY times AP CDC MSNBC NY times Reuters Reuters AP MSNBC Businessweek BBC Daily mail Reuters Reuters Reuters AP	Australia: children with high lead levels, rainwater tanks contain lead Anti-cholesterol heart drug [14] failed in last stage of clinical trial    Establish a lethal gene, so what next ? Counselor, psychiatrist, neuropsychologist: court New drug for rare (1 in million) blood disorder, [13] life threatening side effects U.S. adult population: 32.6% ate fruit 2x > and 27.2% ate vegetables 3x > per day [12]  Sleeping drugs [11] may cause "sleep driving" FDA warns, P. Kennedy died Cancer studies [10] using "survival" instead of "mortality" rates often biased Bariatric surgery (obesity) may cause neurological condition [9] Human stem cells [8] "cure" brain diseases mouse (q: do angels have stem cells ?) Erythropoietin anemia drugs [7] get black box warning label from FDA Immune suppressing drugs more expensive than transplant [6]   Americans pay highest price world drugs, lobby want to withhold imports Psycho-stimulant drugs [5] are worldwide increasingly used for ADHD  Hysterectomy might leave woman with hysteria or loss of femininity Billions of poultry will be vaccinated in China (comment: and we import them) FDA "has put the interests of industry and politics above science" [4] WHO study underestimated rise diabetes, Canada already passed rates [3] International board [1] warns abuse prescription drugs [2] exceeds illicit street narcotics	Definition quack Anti-quackery Health fraud Medical quackery Quack attack Quack buster Quack doctor Quackery Quackwatch Medical quack watch 5/2007 Medical quackery 3/2007 Medical quackery 2/2007 Medical quackery 1/2007 Medical quackery 2006 Medical quackery 12/2006 Medical quackery 1954 Medical quack headlines Quackery's quacks Quack spam Pages on quackery A medical quack history Are you a skeptic ? Biotech quack alert Doomsday: Biotechnology Evidence-based medicine Blog homeopathy quack Faq: homeopathy quack Homeopathy quack response Hormone replacement therapy Mercury: dental quack ? More medical quackery Pseudoscience Pseudoscience & SSRIs Quack reflex vs. nature Stem cell quackery

Notes

* We didn't link sources because of the temporary nature of news links  
** Interpretation of (part of) article

1. The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB)
2. Mentioned in article AP are: Buprenorphine and equivalent Subutex (pain killer), Oxycodone (OxyContin), Hydrocodone (Vicodin), Funitrazepam (Rohypnol). These practices are major examples of medical quackery and health fraud. See left box: quack spam. 
3. 69 % increase (WHO predicted 60% globally by 2030) between 1995-2005
4. Microbiologist Louise Slaughter U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee. Article: "FDA set to approve controversial cow drug: report". This smells like health fraud and medical quackery
5. e.g. Ritulin
6. Result: rejection transplant because patients could not afford the drug their whole lives, because that's supposed to be necessary. See also stem cell quackery in the right box for immune suppressing
7. Genetically engineered Procrit, Epogen and Aranesp. Black box warning because of increased risk blood clots, death, heart attacks, rapid tumor growth and strokes 
8. Read "embryonic stem cells"; see article stem cell quackery; right box
9. Wernicke encephalopathy. Other side effects: Death, frequent vomiting
10. In this article screening lung cancers was used as example
11. Ambien, Butisol sodium, Carbrital, Dalmane, Doral, Halcion, Lunesta, Placidyl, Prosom, Restoril, Rozerem, Seconal, Sonata
12. Based on 2005. Recommended: 3-5 x fruit and 4-8 x vegetables per day
13. Soliris: paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) kind of auto-immune disease
14. AGI-1067 from AtheroGenics, Inc. 

 

 

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