"Respectful Insolence" ist ein sehr guter Blog von David Gorski, den ich seit mehreren Jahren kenne:
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/ Dave hat über einen Fall von Brustkrebs geschrieben, der international bekannter wurde, weil der Quacksalber Robert O. Young damit Reklame gemacht hat:
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A horrifying breast cancer "testimonial" for "holistic" treatment, finale
Category: Cancer • Medicine • Quackery
Posted on: December 6, 2010 8:00 AM, by Orac
(NOTE: The videos of Robert O. Young's interview with Kim Tinkham have been removed, as I predicted in this post that they would be. Fortunately, I downloaded copies before he managed to do that. Part 6 appears to be still there--for now.)
(NOTE ADDED 12/7/2010: Kim Tinkham has died of what was almost certainly metastatic breast cancer.)
I hate stories like this. I really do. I hate them with a burning passion that makes it hard for me to see straight when I first find out about them. They make me want to grab a shotgun and go looking for the quack responsible. It's a good thing I've never by any means a violent person and don't think I could ever do such a thing. Besides, against quacks my blog is my shotgun, and words are my buckshot, a particularly apt metaphor given my tendency towards logorrhea.
In fact, you might even say that stories like the one I'm about to discuss are a major part of the reason why I do what I do, both here and elsewhere. They're a major part of the reason why I've recently branched out into public speaking, something that used to terrify me beyond belief but that lately I've become at least competent at--sometimes even not bad at all. Sadly, the story I'm about to tell is one I've told before, most recently at the Lorne Trottier Science Symposium, where I gave a talk on cancer cure "testimonials," although at the time I gave the talk the story's outcome, although predictable, was not yet known.
Now it is.
The woman to whom I refer is named Kim Tinkham, who was diagnosed with breast cancer over three and a half years ago.
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mehr:
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/12/a_horrifying_breast_cancer_testimonial.phpDas ist der zweite Teil der Geschichte: Kim Tinkham ist tot.
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Kim Tinkham has passed away: Another victim of a quack?Category: Cancer • Medicine • Quackery
Posted on: December 7, 2010 8:45 PM, by Orac
It's been pointed out to me that it was announced three hours ago on the Caring for Kim Facebook page that Kim Tinkham has passed away. A woman named Dana Ponder announced:
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Kim just passed. I was there by her side and it was peaceful.
Thank you for all the kind words. I tried to read all the post
to her, hoping she heard them all. She was (is) so loved.
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From all indications I've been able to find, Kim died of what was almost certainly metastatic breast cancer. And so a quack claims another victim.
And so Oprah Winfrey contributed.And so a family mourns the loss of a mother, a spouse, a sister, an aunt, who might have lived but did not.
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Quelle:
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/12/kim_tinkham_has_passed_away.phpOprah Winfrey:
http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2010/12/let_oprah_know_that_kim_tinkham_is_dying.phpOprah WInfrey ist eine der reichsten Frauen der beiden Amerikas. Offensichtlich ist sie, wie auch gewisse Fernsehmoderatoren in Deutschland, so skrupellos, in ihren Sendungen selbst für gefährliche Betrüger Reklame zu machen.
Orac fordert die Leser auf, sich bei Oprah WInfrey zu beschweren. Oprah WInfrey will (oder hat schon?) einen eigenen Gesundheitssender aufgemachen.
Parallelen zu Vorgängen in Deutschland sind unübersehbar.
Höchste Zeit, sich beim Hessischen Rundfunk und bei 3sat zu beschweren!
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