FTC warns consumers about bogus cancer cures

The Federal Trade Commission charged five companies with making false and misleading claims for cancer cures and said Thursday that it has reached settlements with six others. "As long as products have been sold there has been somebody out there selling snake oil to consumers," said Lydia Parnes, director of the FTC's bureau of consumer protection.

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For two decades, the public-health message has been that cancer screening saves lives. In some cases, especially with cancers of the cervix and colon, screening does, in fact, work as it should: sniffing out disease at its earliest and most curable stages.

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Female sexual dysfunction was wholly created by drug companies hoping to make even bigger money off women than they have off men.

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Sure Cure for a Hangover

Since ancient times, Chinese physicians have regularly consumed ginger tea to keep their vitality fired up. Ginger is famous as an aid for digestive distress. It has been found to soothe the digestive lining and balance gastric juices.

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blue m &ms may really have a good effect, unlike the subculture belief of the green m&ms

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FORGET strong mints or chewing gum – a cup of coffee in the morning can get rid of bad breath. Scientists say extract of coffee beans can prevent the build-up of bacteria in the mouth.

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Elbow Alien Mystery Solved........but not resolved!

Well, I had the appointment with the Doctor to read the ultra sounds. I was more correct than all three of them were! (I just didn't know the proper terminology). The Aliens have been discovered to be "Rheumatoid Nodules", (wonder what planet? LOL)

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New research shows the possibility that stem cell cures could reverse deafness.

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Spinach and Sunflower Seeds.... A cure for UC?

There are a lot of crazy tried and true - as well as tried and failed - natural cures out there in the world. I have never been in a position to try any of them though... until now.

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Chemists from Tel Aviv University are using Buckminster Fuller's "geodesic domes" - soccer-ball-shaped structures that the late futurist envisioned as ideal human domiciles - as a possible treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).

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He has been confined to a wheelchair for 20 years. Now a paraplegic man is walking again, and his doctors call it a miracle. CBS13 went to Manteca to find out how a spider bite helped get him back on his feet.

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A recent case stresses the need for caution as stem cell technologies are developed and new treatments make their way to the market.

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hey can put a man on the moon, the saying goes, but they can't come up with a decent hangover cure.

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Many people, when they are feeling miserable from a cold or the flu, get the urge to gorge on food. But picking the right foods can benefit and even speed healing...

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A team from the University of Auckland said results of 19 clinical trials showed that the sticky substance can help speed healing.

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On receiving the honour which comes with an £800,000 cash prize, Montagnier, 76, said a treatment could be possible in the future with a "therapeutic" rather than preventive vaccine for which results might be published in three or four years if financial backing is forthcoming.

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It's become harder than ever to separate health facts from fiction. Take this quiz for the truth behind the most popular (and persistent) health rumors.

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It's become harder than ever to separate health facts from fiction. Take this quiz for the truth behind the most popular (and persistent) health rumors.

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It's become harder than ever to separate health facts from fiction. Take this quiz for the truth behind the most popular (and persistent) health rumors.

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It's become harder than ever to separate health facts from fiction. Take this quiz for the truth behind the most popular (and persistent) health rumors.

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One of the world's largest private philanthropies will announce today a $600 million initiative to fund risky but potentially lifesaving medical research by 56 of America's top scientists.

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Another Step in the Right Direction for Stem-Cells

I read an article that was released in September of 2007, and this article is one that I will be using for Project 1 in my English class. Science never ceases to amaze me and this is truly why I believe I'm pursuing it as a profession.

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ast May, Kathy Giusti was in midtown Manhattan pitching her current venture to an audience of potential investors.

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Northwest Biotherapeutics said it has started a phase I/II clinical trial for ovarian cancer in at least 30 patients, using its personalised immunotherapy - DCVax-L - for recurrent ovarian cancer.

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How to wake up without regretting the night before (at least as far as alcohol is concerned)

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Is it just me, or are we ignoring the implications of the placebo effect? If sugar pills and saline injections have some efficacy against practically every affliction known to man, maybe we're wasting our time with all this "reproducible results" and "scientific integrity" folder …

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