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Originally posted by zcflint05
Actually from what I've gathered he was sentenced to 5 years not because he "cured" his cancer with apricot seeds but rather because he claimed it to be a "miracle cure" and spam blasted millions of email boxes guaranteeing it would work. And I'm rather sure that if there was really a "cure" for cancer in apricots we would know this by now. One guy has went into remission based on what possibly could be a cure from apricots. But it could also be from a great cancer doc. Good treatments. Or other meds. And misleading cancer patients by telling them that an apricot is going to magically solve their problems is pretty bad in my book.
Originally posted by Tropictul
OMG, if this guy is really severing 20 years for just claiming something
Originally posted by OhZone
No such thing as a "great cancer doc". Those who are "cured" likely never had cancer to begin with. But they may never know and just think that the Slash, Burn and Poison routine cured them. Most such victims only live for about 2 more years, and those 2 years can be sheer torment. It has been shown that those who do not have surgery live longer. Consider that they do not have to do any recovering from the assaults upon their bodies by the MEdicos.
If any company had the universal cure for all cancer, they would snap it up, gain exclusive rights to it, and milk it while they could maintain a patent. They'd make billions upon billions. About 8% of the US population gets cancer. Imagine the profits on that. Instead of making one of many competing products to treat cancer, they'd have the single cure for cancer.
Originally posted by phishybongwaters
Yes and no, if they had the cure they obviously would patent it. But what makes them more money, cure or treatment? A cure is a one time thing. Treatment is ongoing.
If I was a big pharma scumbag,
my interest is recorded in profits, not lives saved.
Hell, i'd probably make it a point to get the FDA to approve known carcinogens just to up my profits more.
Originally posted by zupreme
Investigate the underlying cause and take proactive steps to bolster the overall health and immune system in the process.
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
Originally posted by zupreme
Investigate the underlying cause and take proactive steps to bolster the overall health and immune system in the process.
Yah? So what you gonna do about the tumours in the interim?
...they cannot patent something that they haven't developed, and to develop it, it takes an awful lot of money so only worth it if you can hold the exclusive patent. For example Metformin (it's in my signature) is a medicine that has proved to help prevent cancer (in diabetics) and when somebody already has Cancer, stop the spread and maybe even cure.
Unfortunately, this is something that has only recently been discovered and this 50 year old drug has been out of patent protection for 8 years or more. It costs $5 here in Europe.