11 Responses to “FDA Launches “Fake Cancer Cures” Website”

1. Brooke McMillan (LAF Staff) says:

   June 22, 2008 at 7:14 pm

   This is really great. There are a lot of people out there that target sick people. That is why it is so important to get the facts and do your research.
2. Lesley says:

   June 23, 2008 at 7:26 am

   This is a really good move. Its amazing how a cancer diagnosis can make someone vulnerable to exploitation. This is a positive step to protect people who are very desperate. Looking at the list of “cures” they do seem to target diseases which are rare or where people have few choices. The names of some of the products are widely banded about in internet support groups with no medical input. It is bound to upset some people who have placed a lot of hope in these products though.
3. Russ says:

   June 27, 2008 at 9:23 am

   Now it would be nice for the FDA to contact folks like google and get some of these companies who exploit survivors off their seach engines much like they are doing to on-line pharmacies who sell meds without perscriptions.
4. DD says:

   June 28, 2008 at 11:54 pm

   I agree with Brooke that it is cruel to target sick people with fake cures. However, I am ill at ease to trust the FDA to do the right thing. They need not prove nor disprove the efficacy of alternative treatments for cancer or anything, they are allowed to be as arbritary as they wish. Too, I suspect that they are joined at the hip with Big Pharma, and that flat out scares me.
5. deloris says:

   July 2, 2008 at 11:33 am

   Leslie, Brooke, Russ: Who will protect us from the FDA? Please go to heall.com and read an article called “FDA versus people’s right to freedom of choice in medicine – part 3.” The FDA employs thugs who terrorize people that don’t agree with. This article flat out states that the FDA wants to destroy the health food industry. Whether you love or hate the health food industry, this is wrong.
6. deloris says:

   July 7, 2008 at 11:30 pm

   Further confirmation that the FDA is intent on destroying the health food and supplement industries can be found at hescominsoon.com/archives/766. Look for “HCS and Gen’s Place >> blog archive>> Kevin Trudeau called it.” According to this article, the FDA won’t rest until you have to see a doctor to obtain a prescription to buy vitamins (one of a multitude of examples). I expect prices will soar if they get their way.
7. Stephen Perkins says:

   July 14, 2008 at 8:24 am

   Of course, the FDA will trash ANYthing that might potentially help or work. They work hard at stemming any sort of competition. Yes, there are charlatans and liars everywhere, I’m afraid. GOOD NEWS: I’ve had huge success with suspected prostate cancer getting biofeedback scans, nutritionist prescribed homeopathy in conjunction with a very strict diet. Reversed very high PSA counts to normal in SIX WEEKS!
8. deloris says:

   July 18, 2008 at 11:08 am

   Stephen, could it be that what makes bread rise makes the prostrate rise? Check out knowthecause.com. (Provided you do not have dial-up internet service, in which case, this site will freeze your computer).
9. Brooke McMillan (LAF Staff) says:

   July 18, 2008 at 4:07 pm

   Why do people always think there is this huge conspiracy with the FDA when it comes to drug trials? I just don’t believe that a government agency has it together enough to have this huge conspiracy against specific treatments. It can take 10+ years to get a drug through trials and to market. I think the main issue here is getting the FDA streamlined, clinical trial participation up and getting funding for promising therapies. Anyone that claims they have the cure for cancer worries me–cancer is 200+ separate diseases and is treated differently in each patient. When someone says the cure is some miracle juice or copper magnet bracelet I say I’ll take my chances with the FDA.
10. deloris says:

    August 3, 2008 at 12:06 am

    Well, BD, the FDA has been known to snub their own researchers and approve, for sale to the general public, dangerous products such as Splenda and aspartame. Don’t believe me? See if you can get your hands on a DVD called Sweet Misery. I found it a Netflix. Granted, they are considered food, but for me, it shakes my trust in the FDA to it’s foundation.
    For a different perspective on cancer, again check out Doug Kaufmann’s knowthecause.com. WEB site. This month’s newsletter (August) had much to say about cancer.
    If it happens to me, I won’t necessarily take my chances with the FDA.
11. Brooke McMillan (LAF Staff) says:

    August 6, 2008 at 6:22 am

    Now that I know they made a DVD about it, I totally believe you.

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