tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post2329640056398085422..comments2023-09-21T04:02:29.457-04:00Comments on Skeptical Scalpel: Bizarre medical stories ripped from the virtual pages of the InternetSkeptical Scalpelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-82494497966907632082017-05-01T11:33:05.078-04:002017-05-01T11:33:05.078-04:00Frank, thanks for the link. It's a terrible tr...Frank, thanks for the link. It's a terrible tragedy and a blot on the medical profession.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-15711219195055415352017-05-01T10:39:52.131-04:002017-05-01T10:39:52.131-04:00Since the title of this is Bizarre medical stories...Since the title of this is Bizarre medical stories ripped from the virtual pages of the Internet here is a related story. In this case it is about an MD. Miami doctor's call to broker during baby's delivery leads to $33.8 million judgment. <br /><br />http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/miami-doctors-call-to-broker-during-babys-delivery-leads-to-dollar338-million-judgment/ar-BBAvoP8?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhpfrankbillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592389641852861124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-79150007402574134062017-04-23T15:46:58.308-04:002017-04-23T15:46:58.308-04:00Berny3, on what do you base your statement? The mo...Berny3, on what do you base your statement? The mortality rate for cancer has dropped 25% since 1991 [https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/cancer-facts-and-figures-death-rate-down-25-since-1991.html]. Show me similar figures for naturopathic treatment of cancer. Good luck finding that information. It does not exist.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-56455843943723190112017-04-23T11:47:41.149-04:002017-04-23T11:47:41.149-04:00It's easy to find ridiculous therapies used by...It's easy to find ridiculous therapies used by naturopaths. My only comment here though is that when it comes to many metastatic cancers, both naturopaths and M.D.s are groping in the dark for effective cures.Berny3https://www.blogger.com/profile/00122216306710696007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-12469377169959448342017-04-10T15:10:17.171-04:002017-04-10T15:10:17.171-04:00No one knows if The Vitamin C had any effect on my...No one knows if The Vitamin C had any effect on my BIL. I believe he stopped the treatments because of cost. I don't think he has any testing to see if there was any improvement in the prostate cancer. <br /><br /> frankbillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592389641852861124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-49730623485454115972017-04-10T08:04:31.765-04:002017-04-10T08:04:31.765-04:00There you have two points of view about vitamin C....There you have two points of view about vitamin C. I suspect Frankbill's BIL had an early, non-aggressive prostate cancer that would have done well with any treatment or no treatment. I suppose everyone in the family is now a believer in naturopathy.Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-49503189524930048632017-04-08T19:46:24.643-04:002017-04-08T19:46:24.643-04:00Surgery for prostate cancer does NOT require you t...Surgery for prostate cancer does NOT require you to give up sex. Alternatives to surgery, radiation in various forms, can have similar affects on erectile function. Either way, treatment might very well change sex quite a bit. But the same urologist who screws with your sex life (so to speak) will happily supply drugs, injections and devices to at least restore your erection. Not the same - but still allowing for sex - and you're not dead. And on the other hand, "prostate cancer" is a very broad category and active surveillance is a reasonable option for people who are older, have co-morbid conditions, have relatively less aggressive cancer pathology, etc. ... Vitamin C has in fact been studied and doesn't do shit, on the other hand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-44239142897306659102017-04-07T21:07:02.296-04:002017-04-07T21:07:02.296-04:00Yes he is still alive.
Yes he is still alive. <br /> frankbillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592389641852861124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-18630917661625588622017-04-07T18:52:57.552-04:002017-04-07T18:52:57.552-04:00So, has he survived?So, has he survived?Skeptical Scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206922456661320751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-65369517797174718082017-04-07T17:10:13.298-04:002017-04-07T17:10:13.298-04:00About a year ago my brother in law who is the mid ...About a year ago my brother in law who is the mid sixties was DX with prostate cancer. He didn't want surgery because he didn't want to give up sex. <br /><br />He went to a naturopath who treated him with IV vitamin c at $100 per treatment.<br /><br />He no longer is getting the treatmentsfrankbillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05592389641852861124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-33803331273585172122017-04-05T14:12:32.595-04:002017-04-05T14:12:32.595-04:00This post could have been titled "Two Quacks ...This post could have been titled "Two Quacks and One Ass".artigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361655152970244221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4968787219619380438.post-17135190098876459472017-04-04T19:54:43.515-04:002017-04-04T19:54:43.515-04:00And suddenly Dr. Google seems a lot more respectab...And suddenly Dr. Google seems a lot more respectable. Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01017207805622932780noreply@blogger.com