I knew part of this story, but many thanks for filling in so many details.
Interestingly, if you subscribe to the e-mail updates of the rightist wingnut webzine Newsmax they start bombarding you not just with inducements to join dubious moneymaking schemes but also with pimpages for "unorthodox" medicine. It makes you wonder if it must be something in the water wingnuts drink during their formative years, or something; just look at the romance between megaquack Harry Hoxsey and the most virulent right-wing pro-Nazi politics during the first half of the last century.
To give you a flavour of the Newsmax quackitude, here's the opening of one that arrived just a few minutes ago:
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Dear Newsmax Reader:
David Brownstein, M.D., one of the foremost American practitioners of conventional as well as holistic medicine, has some urgent health information that could dramatically affect your health and well-being. Please take a moment to read his information below.
Dr. Brownstein's Natural Way to Health
How to Prevent Arthritis, Cancer and Alzheimer's!
Try this simple remedy for rheumatoid arthritis!
Use this mineral to protect against skin cancer!
See what to do now to prevent multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's!
Plus, why a deficiency in this nutrient puts you at greater risk for heart attack and stroke!
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I imagine you can search Lancet in vain for the details of Brownstein's researches . . .
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Date: 2009-08-02 10:50 pm (UTC)Interestingly, if you subscribe to the e-mail updates of the rightist wingnut webzine Newsmax they start bombarding you not just with inducements to join dubious moneymaking schemes but also with pimpages for "unorthodox" medicine. It makes you wonder if it must be something in the water wingnuts drink during their formative years, or something; just look at the romance between megaquack Harry Hoxsey and the most virulent right-wing pro-Nazi politics during the first half of the last century.
To give you a flavour of the Newsmax quackitude, here's the opening of one that arrived just a few minutes ago:
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Dear Newsmax Reader:
David Brownstein, M.D., one of the foremost American practitioners of conventional as well as holistic medicine, has some urgent health information that could dramatically affect your health and well-being. Please take a moment to read his information below.
Dr. Brownstein's Natural Way to Health
How to Prevent Arthritis, Cancer and Alzheimer's!
Try this simple remedy for rheumatoid arthritis!
Use this mineral to protect against skin cancer!
See what to do now to prevent multiple sclerosis,
Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's!
Plus, why a deficiency in this nutrient puts you at greater risk for heart attack and stroke!
==============
I imagine you can search Lancet in vain for the details of Brownstein's researches . . .