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Tag Archives: Alternative Medicine
Science-Based Medicine: Chiropractic Scope of Practice Includes … Well, You Won’t Believe It
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Foster’s Daily Democrat: Complaint Filed Against Physician Over Treatment
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USA Today: Texas Medical Board Charges Controversial Cancer Doctor
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Forbes: New Medicare Data Reveal Startling $496 Million Wasted on Chiropractors
New data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services reveal the incredible waste of nearly a half-billion dollars on unscientific chiropractic treatments.
Alternet: 4 of the Biggest Quacks Plaguing America with False Claims About Science
Alternet lists a few of the more infamous peddlers of medical quackery today.
The Washington Post: Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Belief in Autism-Vaccine Connection, and its Political Peril
The Fiscal Times: Millennials Embrace Alternative Medicine, a $32 Billion Business
The Burzynski Case: The FDA’s Failure to Prevent Exploitation of Desperate Patients
CFI to FDA: Stop Burzynski’s Dangerous Cancer Treatments
We at the Center for Inquiry have sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration, urging them to end the disproven and dangerous research of Houston doctor Stanislaw Burzynksi. Last month, the FDA removed a partial clinical hold which they had placed upon Burzynski following the death of a 6-year old patient in 2012. From today’s press release:
“We are frankly stunned to hear that the clinical hold against Dr. Burzynski has been lifted,” writes CFI in its letter. For decades, Dr. Burzynski and the Houston-based Burzynski Research Institute have been trafficking in unproven and scientifically baseless cancer treatments based on compounds known as antineoplastons, derived from human urine, which Burzynski claims — without evidence — can target and destroy cancer cells. He has taken advantage of desperate patients who are at their most vulnerable, and willing to pay any price.
Today’s letter is a follow-up to our April letter to the FDA.