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The Health Robbers: How to Protect Your Money and Your Life (1976) I I I I I About the Authors How to Protect Your Money and Your Life Day after day, we hear about our health. Advertisements bombard us. News is sensa­ tional. Health books abound. Unfortunately, much of this information is false. Health science has never had more to offer Stephen Barrett, M.D., a practicing psychia­ than it does today. Yet trust in doctors has trist, is the nation's most vigorous opponent fallen . and quackery is at an all-time of health quackery. Since 1970, he has been high. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Some exploiters merely want our money. Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Others, perhaps more confused than Fraud, Inc. He is a member of the Commit­ crooked, seek converts to their ignorance. tee on Quackery of the Pennsylvania Medical How can we tell experts from pretenders? Society and has been a member of the Com­ How can we get reliable information? mittee on Health Fraud of the Pennsylvania How can we communicate to get better Health Council. health care from our doctors? Is our government working or failing to protect us from being cheated? By exploring these questions, this book should help both your health and your pocketbook. Gilda Knight, executive assistant for the American Institute of Nutrition since 1965, is also managing editor of AIN Nutrition Notes. She has studied biology, music and writing at the Juilliard School of Music and at the Uni­ versity of Maryland. The American Institute of Nutrition is the only professional society of nutritional scientists in the United States. Its members are elected by their fellow scientists on the basis of demonstrated research compe- . , tence and productivity in the field of experi­ mental nutrition. Jack et Design by Alb er Ass-ociat es "How can the public be pr otected agains t phonies, quacks, and unscrupu­ lous money-grubber s who prey on the insecure, the frightened and the sick? The answer is education. And that is what this book is all about." -AN LANDERS "The Health Robbers projects a pract ical, und erstandable appr oach and is without pretenSC}-protecting no one, including the medical prof ession. A spade is called a spa de. If a reader is willing to forget prejudice for a moment , he cannot fail to benefit from readin g it. " -GEO RGE P. ROSEMON D, M.D. Profe ssor of Su rgery Temple University, Phila., Pa. '' This book stands for the consumer .•' -CA ROL TUCKE R FOREMAN Executive Director Consumer Federation of America ' ' provides a pr otective resource against the unscr upulous medical con man who steals money and sometimes kills people. Twenty-thr ee distin­ guished authors offer facts against the continuou s flow of misinformation fed to the public by health fraud s and misguided organizations." -G RANTS . LEAKE Fraud Coordinator, Food and Drug Section California Departm ent of Health 0-89313-001-X The Health Robbers How to Protect YourMoney and YourLife Edited by STEPHEN BARRETT, M.D. Chairman, Board of Directors Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud, Inc. and GILDA KNIGHT Executive Assistant, American Institute of Nutrition George F. Stickley Company, Publishers 210 W. Washington Sq. Phila., Pa. 19106 The Health Robbers is a special publication of the Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud, Inc., an independent organiza­ tion which was formed in 1969 to combat deception in the field of health. The purposes of the Committee are: 1) To investigate false, deceptive or exaggerated health claims. 2) To conduct a vigorous campaign of public education. 3) To assist appropriate government and consumer­ oriented agencies. 4) To bring problems to the attention of lawmakers. The Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud is a member organization of the Consumer Federation of America. Since 1970, the Committee has been chartered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a not-for-profit corporation. Inquiries about Committee activities may, be addressed to P. 0. Box 1602, Allen­ town, Pa. 18105, Copyright© 1976 The Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud, Inc. I.S.B.N. #0-89313-001-X Library of Congress Catalog Card #76-222-81 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Con­ vention. Published in the United States by the George F. Stickley Com­ pany, Philadelphia. INTRODUCTION Day after day, we hear about our health. Advertise­ ments bombard us. News is sensational. Health books abound. Unfortunately, much of this information is false. Health science has never had more to offer than it does today. Yet trust in doctors has fallen . and quackery is at an a/I-time high. Some exploiters merely want our money. Others, perhaps more confused than crooked, seek converts to their ignorance. How can we tell experts from pretenders? How can we get reliable information? How can we communicate to get better health care from our doctors? Is our government working or failing to protect us from being cheated? By exploring these questions, this book should help both your health and your pocketbook. -THE LEHIGH VALLEYCOMMITTEE AGAINST HEALTH FRAUD, INC. THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE TRUTH. ALL PROFITS FROM ITS SALE RECEIVED BY THE COMMITTEE WILL BE USED TO FIGHT QUACKERY. CONTENTS FOREWORD BY ANN LANDERS PART ONE: HEALTH ROBBERS AND HOW TO SPOT THEM 1 THE CRUELLEST KILLERS Exploiting cancer victims . 1 Sidney Arje & Lois Smith 2 THE PILL PEDDLERS Do you have "tired blood"? 15 Murray Katz 3 THE MISERY MERCHANTS Exploiting arthritis sufferers . 33 Diana Benzaia 4 WEIGHT CONTROL AND "DIETS": FACTS AND FADS Is there an easy way to lose weight?.............................. 47 Jean Mayer 5 AVOIDING THE "MARGINAL" MEDIC How to spot a fuzzy thinker . • . 61 Philip Alper 6 THE MAKE-BELIEVE DOCTORS Medical impostors . • . 75 Robert Derbyshire 7 PHONY SEX CLINICS A new medical nightmare 89 William Masters 8 THE HEALTH HUSTLERS How to spot a food quack . 99 Victor Herbert 9 THE GENUINE FAKE The "organic" rip-off. 125 Thomas Jukes & Stephen Barrett 10 THE SPINE SALESMEN Need your spine examined? 139 Stephen Barrett 11 THE POISONMONGERS, Working against our teeth! . 159 Mary Bernhardt & Bob Sprague Contents 12 THE CONFUSED CRUSADERS Have they confused you? . • . • 175 Gilda Knight 13 THE UNHEALTHY ALLIANCE Fighting to make quackery legal . 189 Stephen Barrett 14 QUACKUPUNCTURE? Can acupuncture help you? . .. .. • . 203 Arthur Taub 15 THE EYE EXORCISORS Can you "throw away your glasses"? . • . 217 Jacob Nevyas 16 THE GADGETEERS Exploiting science . 223 Wallace Janssen 17 DUBIOUS DENTISTRY Promoting "superhealth" . • . 245 William Jarvis 18 THE MIRACLE MERCHANTS Does faith healing work? . 257 Lester Kinsolving PART TWO: THE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT YOUR MONEY AND YOUR LIFE 19 THE TRUTH-SEEKERS The voices of scientific truth . • 271 Stephen Barrett 20 QUACKERY AND THE MEDIA Should we believe what we hear and read? . .. .. .. .. 283 Max Gunther 21 THE FEDS How well does government protect us? . .. .. 301 Irene Bartlett 22 PROGRESS IN PENNSYLVANIA Anti-quackery programs.......................................... 311 H. William Gross 23 WHY QUACKERY PERSISTS Quacks never sleep . 317 James Harvey Young 24 GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR DOCTOR Communication tips . 327 Philip Alper A FINAL COMMENT . 340 FOREWORD Barnum was right. There's a sucker born every minute. And two to take him. How do I know? Because the victims write to me. And they have been writing to me every day for over 20 years. Ann Landers receives approximately 7,000 letters a week from readers who represent every conceivable socio-economic group. They live on suburban estates and in the city slums. My correspondents are from 6 to 110 years of age. They are double-dome intellectuals I and borderline morons. Almost half of the letters come from men. Every bag of mail contains at least 150 inquiries that drive me up the wall. "How can they be so stupid?" I ask myself. And then I answer the question. It's not merely stupidity. It's desperation and wishful thinking that wipes out all reason and common sense. I become furi­ ous at the exploitation of these good people whose only crime is ignorance and vulnerability. Here are some examples that crossed my deskjust this week: "Dear Ann: Is it true that musk oil will tum a man on? My husband is 46 years old and sexually dead as a door­ nail. I've seen this musk oil advertised, but $11 is a lot of money for a little bottle. If you say it will help, I'll buy it." "Dear Ann: I'm a career girl, 28 years old, and haven't had more than three real dates in my life. The reason is because I am flat-chested. I mean I don't have any bust at all. All my life I've wanted to have nice round bosoms. Please tell me if this cream will help. (Advertisement enclosed.) As you can see, the 'before' and 'after' pie .. tures are very convincing. What do you say?" Foreword "Dear Ann: Is it true that cooking in aluminum will cause cancer? A man came to the door yesterday selling cookware. He scared the life out ofme. His utensils cost $450 for the complete set. If what he says is true, about cancer, I mean, it sure would be worth it. But I hate to throw out these perfectly good pots and pans I've used for 10 years." One after another the letters come-from the ''exotic dancer" who wants to grow "georgeous nails in 20 days''-from the overweight housewife who will do any­ thing to get thin except quit eating the things she loves. Then there are the females with bags under their eyes and extra chins who are sure they will look ten years younger if they use the enriched cream (secret formula) for thirty days.
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