Category Archives: Medical Scams and Health Frauds
Rodial Boob Job Cream Scam: Review by Dr. Dalia Neild Says It Doesn’t Work
[/caption]A member of the United Kingdom’s parliament criticized the maker of Boob Job cream, calling it a “charlatan and a bully” for using libel laws to silence a leading plastic surgeon who outed the product as a fake.
Speaking in the house of commons on Dec. 1, Conservative MP David Davis said that the ability of companies like Rodial, maker of the breast cream, to use libel laws against critics was a violation of ancient principles of English law.
Detox Diet Scam: Dangerous & Bad For Your Health
‘Detoxes’are pointless, deceptive and downright dangerous
Are you thinking of going on a detox diet to lose weight in time for the flurry of parties and picture taking these holidays? Or will you be going on a detox regimen to ‘cleanse’ yourself after the holiday food binge? If these are your plans, think again.
Most detox diets and regimens are elaborate hoaxes, health experts warn yet again, almost 10 years after sounding the first alarm.
Does Vitamin Water Prevent Flu?
Don’t you just hate it when companies like Coca-Cola make unproven health benefits about their products? There’s no question to me as a consumer that the above “Flu Shots Are So Last Year” advert for Coca-Cola’s Vitamin Water is blatantly stating that Vitamin Water can replace flu shots. People who drink Vitamin Water don’t need [...]
Is Chelation a Scam? Can It Really Cure Autism, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Etc?
Is chelation a scam? Well, it can be a scam if you are told that it can cure just about any health condition from autism to cardiovascular diseases to Parkinson’s disease to Alzheimer’s disease to macular degeneration as well as other serious conditions. Now, if you’re thinking, “What the effin’ feck is chelation?” Here’s the [...]
Female Sexual Dysfunction: Are Drug Companies Making Up BS to Steal Your Money?
Is there such a thing as female sexual dysfunction? Or are drug companies guilty of inventing (or “medicalizing”) a “health condition” for the sole purpose of making money? Health journalist Ray Moynihan belongs to the camp which believes that drug companies are inventing a “dysfunction” to sell drugs. He sure is persuasive, isn’t he? It’s [...]
