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Man who told patients he could cure cancer charged
San Francisco Chronicle - ‎12 hours ago‎
A man who called himself a naturopathic doctor and told patients his supplements could cure cancer was charged Thursday with practicing medicine without a ...
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Man charged with posing as doctor
Los Angeles Times - ‎13 hours ago‎
A 73-year-old Bonita man was arrested today and charged with posing as a doctor and selling phony, possibly dangerous, cancer cures. ...
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Phony doctor accused of preying on vulnerable patients
San Diego Union Tribune - ‎6 hours ago‎
By Angelica Martinez (Contact) Union-Tribune Staff Writer SOUTH COUNTY — A Bonita man who practiced medicine without a license was arrested during his ...
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/10/1m10fakedoc224656-phony-doctor-accused-preying-vul/
District Attorney Says Bonita Man Is A Bogus Doctor
San Diego 6 - ‎8 hours ago‎
A South Bay man faces 11 felony charges including allegations he practiced medicine without a license. 73-year-old Kurt Donsbach is also accused of ...
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Bonita Man Arrested for Selling Phony Cancer Cure
San Diego 6 - ‎10 hours ago‎
SAN DIEGO - A man who allegedly offered dangerous dietary supplements as alternative remedies for cancer and other ailments was arrested on suspicion of ...
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Bonita man accused of dispensing unapproved drugs
San Diego Union Tribune - ‎12 hours ago‎
By Angelica Martinez (Contact) Union-Tribune Staff Writer SAN DIEGO — A Bonita man who practiced medicine without a license and was known for founding a ...
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Man who told patients he could cure cancer charged
Thursday, April 9, 2009
(04-09) 20:06 PDT San Diego, CA (AP) --
A man who called himself a naturopathic doctor and told patients his supplements could cure cancer was charged Thursday with practicing medicine without a license and giving patients unapproved drugs, prosecutors said.
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Kurt Donsbach, 73, who treated Coretta Scott King before she died of ovarian cancer in 2006, was charged with 11 felony counts. He was arrested during his weekly Internet radio broadcast and was held on $1.5 million bail.
"The defendant preyed on vulnerable patients who were looking for medical help," District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said in a statement. "Under the guise of providing natural and safe supplements, he sold victims potentially dangerous drugs."
Donsbach claimed to be a chiropractor and naturopathic doctor on his Web site, LetsTalkHealth.com, where he sells alternative remedies for many conditions, from cancer and autoimmune disorders to joint pain and stress.
A message left at the number listed on the Web site was not returned Thursday evening.
Prosecutors said Donsbach is not licensed as a physician, chiropractor or naturopathic doctor in California.
His clinic in Rosarito, Mexico, the Santa Monica Health Institute where King was treated, was shut down by the government after her death because it was providing unproven treatments and unauthorized surgeries, according to state officials. An inspection of the clinic found untrained employees not following procedures for treating terminally ill patients and unsanitary conditions.
The FBI led the investigation that led to his arrest Thursday. He faces up to six years in state prison if convicted of charges of treating patients without a license, grand theft and supplying patients with drugs that are not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Prosecutors said the clinic told an arthritis patient to inject herself with "neuropeptides" to "re-program" her body's T-cells. But tests by the FDA found the drug contained a steroid that was not listed on the packaging or labels. The woman paid thousands of dollars for the drugs that she injected for six years, leading to severe bone density loss, prosecutors said.
Tests of another supplement that was supposed to cure pancreatic cancer 60 percent of the time found nimesulide, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory not approved by the FDA, prosecutors said. Marketing the drug is banned in the European Union because of high rates of liver failure.
In 1997, Donsbach was sentenced in San Diego federal court to a year in prison for smuggling more than $250,000 worth of unapproved drugs into the United States from Mexico.
Donsbach was sentenced on three felony counts, including introducing unapproved drugs into interstate commerce, smuggling merchandise contrary to law and income tax evasion.
In 1988, the U.S. Postal Service ordered Donsbach and his nephew to stop claiming that a solution of hydrogen peroxide that they sell could prevent cancer and ease arthritis pain.
Donsbach is scheduled to be arraigned April 10.
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Man charged with posing as doctor
3:20 PM | April 9, 2009
A 73-year-old Bonita man was arrested today and charged with posing as a doctor and selling phony, possibly dangerous, cancer cures.
Kurt Walter Donsbach was arrested during his Internet radio show.
One patient allegedly paid thousands of dollars for steroids supplied by Donsbach, leading to severe bone-density loss.
Donsbach is being held in San Diego County jail on $1.5-million bail.
“This defendant preyed on vulnerable patients,” said Dist. Atty. Bonnie Dumanis.
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Phony doctor accused of preying on vulnerable patients
By Angelica Martinez (Contact) Union-Tribune Staff Writer
2:00 a.m. April 10, 2009
SOUTH COUNTY — A Bonita man who practiced medicine without a license was arrested during his Internet radio health show yesterday and faces 11 felony charges including dispensing unapproved drugs, the District Attorney's Office said.
Authorities said Kurt Walter Donsbach, 73, identified himself as a chiropractor and a naturopathic doctor in literature and online.
Donsbach claimed to offer alternative, natural and nutritional remedies for many conditions, including cancer and arthritis, via a weekly online radio broadcast from Chula Vista, the San Diego County District Attorney's Office said.
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said Donsbach “preyed on vulnerable patients who were looking for medical help.”
An investigation by the FBI, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the District Attorney's Office led to his arrest.
Donsbach was booked into jail in lieu of $1.5 million bail and was scheduled to be arraigned today.
Dumanis said Donsbach is not licensed as a physician, chiropractor or naturopathic doctor.
He advised one patient to inject herself with “neuropeptides” to treat arthritis, officials said. The woman, who is not from San Diego County, was told the injections would “reprogram” her body's T-cells. FDA tests revealed that the drug contains a steroid that was not disclosed on the packaging, officials said.
The patient spent thousands of dollars for the drugs and injected herself for six years, which led to severe bone-density loss, officials said.
Donsbach also claimed to have treated pancreatic cancer successfully about 60 percent of the time with a supplement he gave to a patient who also lives outside the county.
That supplement contained a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory that has not been approved by the FDA, officials said.
In Europe, marketing of the anti-inflammatory has been suspended because of high rates of liver failure that have led to liver transplants and deaths, officials said.
Donsbach founded a clinic in Rosarito Beach where Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died of cancer in January 2006. The clinic used unorthodox treatments that included treating cancer with insulin and experimental vaccines.
Mexican authorities closed the clinic a month later, and closed it again in September 2007 after it had reopened.
Donsbach was convicted in 1996 for tax evasion and smuggling illegal medicines across the border.
Angelica Martinez: (619) 293-1317; angelica.martinez [bat] uniontrib.com
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District Attorney Says Bonita Man Is A Bogus Doctor
Reported by: Eric Collins
Email: eric.collins [bat] sandiego6.com
Last Update: 4/09 11:50 pm
Kurt Walter Donsbach, faces six years in prison for practicing medicine without a license.
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A South Bay man faces 11 felony charges including allegations he practiced medicine without a license.
73-year-old Kurt Donsbach is also accused of supplying patients with unapproved drugs.
Thursday investigators were seen removing boxes from his home in Bonita.
Online at www.letstalkhealth.com, Donsbach refers to himself a physician.
Donsbach in his Santa Monica office.
He also claims to be a chiropractor and a naturopathic doctor but the District Attorney disagrees. Two of his patients claim Donsbach harmed their health.
His clinic allegedly advised one woman to inject herself with a substance to treat arthritis.
The FDA tested that substance and claims it contained a steroid not disclosed on the label.
"That can really affect your bone density," said Dumanis.
Another patient suffered from pancreatic cancer.
Dr. Donsbach demonstrates "Ozone for cleaning fresh vegetables"
Donsbach claims he has a 60% success rate in treating this type of cancer, but the supplement he allegedly gave this patient contained a drug not approved by the FDA.
"One of these supplements was actually taken off the market in Europe because it was physically harmful," said Dumanis.
The FDA, FBI and the District Attorney have this advice for anyone who ordered supplements from Donsbach.
"We need to know about it and you need to stop taking it and go to a doctor," said Dumanis.
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