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From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Identifying Cancer Quackery
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 20:58:11 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  8 20:58:11 1985
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From Sylvia Porter, syndicated columnist.

	Health quackery is a $10 Billion/year business. The main targets are
cancer victims, arthritics, food faddists, and the healthy elderly who wish to
halt the aging process.
How can you spot them:
	-> Their treatment methods are often secret, and they refuse to consult
with reputable physicians or cancer specialists
	-> Their records are scanty, and they depend on stories of "cures" of
certain individuals.
	-> They claim that outside evaluation is prejudiced against them, and 
their chief supporters are not other doctors.

There are no miraculous cures for cancer, but most cancers can be treated
effectively by proven conventional means if caught early enough.
	Write to the American Cancer Society to get a copy of their pamphlet
"Unproven Methods of Cancer Treatment." It's available free from the
ACS at their offices across the US. Consult your phone book for the address.

-- 
				Craig Werner
				!philabs!aecom!werner
		"The world is just a straight man for you sometimes"