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Burzynski Supporting Charity Loses Funding

January 19, 2012
By Le Canard Noir
Burzynski Supporting Charity Loses Funding

Yes to Life promotes superstitious, unproven, pseudoscientific cancer treatments. It should not be funded.

Discussing the problems posed by unconventional clinics, such as the Burzynski Clinic in Texas, has been a frustrating business. Leaving aside the direct threats from the clinic, it appears that such ventures attract followers with a religious zeal about what they do. It also is clear that the media cannot discuss the issue without...
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Burzynski in Court: Patient treated like a ‘Cash Machine’

January 19, 2012
By Le Canard Noir
Burzynski in Court: Patient treated like a ‘Cash Machine’

Dr Stanislaw Burzynski has some problems. His forthcoming hearing with the Texas Medical Board has been widely publicised.  It would now appear that he has more immediate concerns. According to the Courthouse News Service, an elderly cancer patient is suing Burzynski for allegedly ”bilking her of nearly $100,000″. The charges...
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Which? Uncovers Dangerous Advice from Nutritionists.

January 16, 2012
By Le Canard Noir
Which? Uncovers Dangerous Advice from Nutritionists.

Having just had a baby girl and moving house, I thought I would subscribe to Which? magazine as I knew I needed to make a few critical spends over the coming months. Which? is a consumer rights organisation that publishes reports and reviews into...
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Why is Homeopathy Successful?

January 13, 2012
By Le Canard Noir
Why is Homeopathy Successful?

Just before Christmas, Lia Burkeman and Stephanie Kramer, wrote an article for Urban Times that asked the question, “Homeopathy: Can it be a Success Story?” To start, I would like to agree with the pair that indeed homeopathy is very successful. As a set of ideas,...
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Your Perfect Homeopathy Kit for Christmas

December 27, 2011
By Le Canard Noir
Your Perfect Homeopathy Kit for Christmas

Have you over-done it this Christmas? Don’t worry. That homeopathic pharmacy to the Royals has the perfect remedy kit to see you through the following days. Ainsworths Pharmacy is pleased to bring you the following remedies. Remember, these are homeopathic medicinal product used within the homeopathic...
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Dr Hilary Jones Promotes Questionable Burzynski Clinic on TV

December 21, 2011
By Le Canard Noir
Dr Hilary Jones Promotes Questionable Burzynski Clinic on TV

There is a stark and inexplicable difference in how the mainstream media and bloggers have been covering the Texas based cancer clinic of Dr Stanislaw Burzynski. There has been an explosion of blog posts since the clinic starting threatening bloggers who questioned the claims of...
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The Observer Responds – Complicity in Misinformation

December 4, 2011
By Le Canard Noir

This morning, the Observer has responded to the large amount concern raised by its coverage of the Burzynski Clinic two weeks ago. The Observer told the story of how Peter Kay and other celebrities were raising huge sums of money to send a four...
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Burzynski Clinic Issues a Statement

December 1, 2011
By Le Canard Noir
Burzynski Clinic Issues a Statement

What to make of the press release issued by the Burzynski Clinic? Well, the good news is that Marc Stephens, the PR man who threatened my family, has had his ‘professional relationship’ severed. In this statement, we find out that Burzynski had...
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The Burzynski Clinic Threatens 17 Year Old Blogger

November 28, 2011
By Le Canard Noir
The Burzynski Clinic Threatens 17 Year Old Blogger

I have been hinting that Burzynski has been threatening other prominent UK bloggers. Well, that blogger has now gone public. Rhys Morgan Rhys Morgan is a 17 year old schoolboy from Wales. He has a keen interest in quack remedies, having been exposed to...
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The Burzynski Clinic Threatens My Family.

November 24, 2011
By Le Canard Noir

Tonight, the entertainer Peter Kay will be performing the first of two special sell-out gigs in Blackpool to raise funds for a very poorly four-year old girl with brain cancer. The story of how this fundraising event came about was told in last weekend’s...
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The False Hope of the Burzynski Clinic

November 21, 2011
By Le Canard Noir
The False Hope of the Burzynski Clinic

Yesterday’s Observer contained a full page, heart breaking story of a 4-year old girl, Billie Bainbridge, who has a inoperable and rare form of brain cancer, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. The only option for this aggressive cancer on the NHS is radiotherapy which may...
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Liverpool Homeopathic Hospital has Gone

November 18, 2011
By Le Canard Noir
Liverpool Homeopathic Hospital has Gone

It would appear that, quietly and without fuss, the NHS Homeopathic Hospital in Liverpool has closed. It is difficult to know precisely what has happened. But there now appears to be no trace of its existence. Previously, only a few years ago, the British Homeopathic Association...
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