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"The Truth About Cancer"

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"The Truth About Cancer"
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#11
RE: "The Truth About Cancer"
October 19, 2015 at 7:57 am
With social media comes a ton of pseudoscience.

"Cancer" is an umbrella term that encompasses many, many very different diseases. There is no one key to unlock the mysteries, there are probably many.
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RE: "The Truth About Cancer"
October 19, 2015 at 8:22 am
(October 19, 2015 at 7:31 am)Alex K Wrote: You can try to get her to listen to the SGU or read the SBM blog Smile

Sorry, SBM is the Science Based Medicine blog which is among others run by Dr. Novella from the Skeptics Guide, along with other Physicians
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RE: "The Truth About Cancer"
October 19, 2015 at 8:32 am
(October 19, 2015 at 7:46 am)Aractus Wrote:
(October 19, 2015 at 3:44 am)BlackBird Wrote: - Discover how and why toxic metals (mercury) and additives to our water (fluoride) 
cause cancer
- The link between vaccines and cancer and the current effort to force vaccines on 
the entire global population
- What you think and feel does matter in the cancer puzzle – emotional techniques to 
heal the body and reverse cancer 
- Learn the true science behind homeopathy and visit London to meet a young lady 
who was diagnosed with supposedly “Terminal” brain cancer 19 years ago and is 
alive and well” due to homeopathy
- Plus so much more

Fluoride toxicity causes fluorosis - it isn't known to cause cancer, but I suppose it's a perfectly plausible hypothesis.

Sure, but paired with everything else, I highly doubt he has much credible evidence for it.


Thanks, Alex k! I'll check it out. SGU was easy enough to figure out assuming you didn't mean StarGate Universe Wink
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RE: "The Truth About Cancer"
October 19, 2015 at 8:40 am
My dad bought into a magic-cancer-cure hoax a few years back. Google 'Royal Raymond Rife'. I suppose the only saving grace was that at least it packaged in a vaguely medical skin, but it still depressed me that this otherwise intelligent, wise man believed this bullfuckery.
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RE: "The Truth About Cancer"
October 19, 2015 at 8:50 am
Ah, yes. I see. "Cancer Cure Genius Silenced by Medical Mafia." You know it's credible when they reference the medical mafia.
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#16
RE: "The Truth About Cancer"
October 19, 2015 at 8:50 am
(October 19, 2015 at 7:46 am)Aractus Wrote: Fluoride toxicity causes fluorosis - it isn't known to cause cancer, but I suppose it's a perfectly plausible hypothesis.
Dose size seems to be kicking your ass here, or am I to believe you missed the 'additives to water' bit.
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RE: "The Truth About Cancer"
October 19, 2015 at 9:36 am
(October 19, 2015 at 8:22 am)Alex K Wrote:
(October 19, 2015 at 7:31 am)Alex K Wrote: You can try to get her to listen to the SGU or read the SBM blog Smile

Sorry,  SBM is the Science Based Medicine blog which is among others run by Dr.  Novella from the Skeptics Guide,  along with other Physicians

I wonder how he got the name Novella?
I expect there's a medium length story there.



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RE: "The Truth About Cancer"
October 19, 2015 at 9:40 am (This post was last modified: October 19, 2015 at 9:48 am by Alex K.)
I guess they are Italian Americans... The brothers certainly look the part. It is not a super common last name I guess, but it exists in Italy.
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RE: "The Truth About Cancer"
October 19, 2015 at 9:48 am
WTF happened to laetrile ??

Did the anti-laetrile pro-cancer cabal actually win one ??
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RE: "The Truth About Cancer"
October 19, 2015 at 9:49 am
I often use this site: http://www.quackwatch.com/
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
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