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9. Did you know laetrile is still touted as a "cure" for cancer?

Sun Jun 2, 2013, 06:15 PM

Jun 2013

Oh yeah, decades after it was proven to be nothing but woo, laetrile is still for sale.

Nowadays I can also walk into a drugstore and there are big displays of woo (especially homeopathy) there for sale.

Woo is openly advertised on TV. (Both ads and infomercials)

Anti-vaccine woo pushers still get airtime regularly.

Cancer is awful.
My Dad died of pancreatic cancer.
He was offered chemo to extend his life several months, Dad said "screw you" and he died surrounded by family.
He was happy for that.

There are people who run "clinics" that cater to final-stage cancer patients, bragging about their "cure rate" that really is a lie.

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Keep Your Cures Off My Cancer [View all] SidDithers Jun 2013 OP

A few years ago a good friend of mine came down with bone cancer.... phantom power Jun 2013 #1

Vaccine RobertEarl Jun 2013 #2

Cancer is an umbrella term for a few hundred different diseases. Liberal Veteran Jun 2013 #4

I have a close friend who's 5 years clear of colorectal cancer do the same thing... SidDithers Jun 2013 #15

New Age wooheads are some of the people I'd most like to strangle Warpy Jun 2013 #3

Amen. I had someone who should know better say I should a herbalist... Liberal Veteran Jun 2013 #6

Great post... SidDithers Jun 2013 #7

I can't recommend this post enough etherealtruth Jun 2013 #5

Orac addresses alternative treatments in that second link... SidDithers Jun 2013 #10

Chemo and multiple surgeries -- it was no picnic but the result is that I'm still here. Jim Lane Jun 2013 #8

Cancer touches so many lives... SidDithers Jun 2013 #12

Did you know laetrile is still touted as a "cure" for cancer? Archae Jun 2013 #9

You're right. Woo is everywhere... SidDithers Jun 2013 #11

Likewise. Archae Jun 2013 #14

Steve Jobs waited too long for real medical treatment and used herbs initially. He regretted it. n-t Logical Jun 2013 #13