UBC Debunks MS-treatment
University of British Columbia's Dr. Anthony Traboulsee has released the results of their study of "liberation therapy", a proposed treatment for MS patients that received enthusiastic support from Canadian journalists in 2009 (see
CBC's news story).
This study is an important cautionary example to those who might put their health and bank balances at risk when motivated by hope for relief from desperate pain or debilitation.
In other quackery news....
The proliferation of commentary, opinion and faked-up expertise in matters of health is not the exclusive terrain of the typical quacks - the internet has enabled a wide variety of fake authorities to promote health fictions and frauds. Recently the case of Australia-based Belle Gibson has received media attention for lies and fraud perpetrated via a health-oriented blog (
Global News ).
When a person is ill, frightened and vulnerable due to illness, it is extremely easy to be tricked, duped or misled by those who promise hope and a bit of control to escape - family and friends must do the best they can to help protect each other from the predatory behaviour of the quacks, frauds and cheats who are swamping the internet with lies.
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