Nora in Chicago wrote:
> Hi Folks, I would say "I found" - but that would be taking
> credit where credit
> wasn't due, so I must honestly say that tonight after
> work, "I was led" to a
> bookstore to buy one thing and came out with something
> that will be of great
> benefit to some of the people on the thread. THERE IS
> SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND
> VERIFIABLE PROOF FROM WITHIN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION THAT
> MAGNETS WORK. I was
> shopping after work for a book on Tai Chi and on the way
> out of the store, two
> books on pain caught my attention.
>
> The first is called "The Pain Relief Breakthrough: The
> Power of Magnets to
> relieve bachaches, arthritis, menstrual cramps, carpal
> tunnel syndrome, sports
> injuries, and more." Authors: Julian Whitaker, M.D., and
> Brenda Adderly,
> M.H.A., COPYRIGHT 1998 by Affinity Communications
> Corporation, Published by
> Little, Brown and Company (Boston, NY, Toronto, London),
> First Edition, ISBN
> 0-316-60193-4; Library of Congress Catalog Card #
> 97-76355, Published
> simultaneously in Canada by Little, Brown & Company.
> Price, USA $22.95,
> Canada $30.95.
>
Thanks for the information, Nora, but in the interest of
balance, some of you may want to read more about "Dr. Julian
Whitaker" from other sources than the cover of his own book.
He is well known through out the medical & science
communities here in the US and in Europe. Mr. Whitaker, his
products and his colleagues have been covered extensively in
the mainstream press in conjunction with exposed quackery.
Here is a sampler from the NCAHF:
A Special Report:
JULIAN WHITAKER'S SMEAR CAMPAIGN
AND THE ALLEGED "NCAHF QUACK LIST"
By William Jarvis, PhD
Julian Whitaker, MD, of Newport Beach, CA, publishes a
variety of health tabloids, magazines and newsletters in
which he modestly bills himself as "America's #1 health
advocate," "America's #1 health champion," and "the
physician America trusts." Whitaker said in 1993 that his
Health & Healing newsletter had 475,000 paid subscribers.
Doctor-Bashing, Anti-Government Rhetoric
Whitaker's publications regularly bash standard medicine and
the government regulators. Headlines cry out: "Forbidden
Cures!"; "Censored Cures!...treatments organized medicine
doesn't want you to know about"; "Miracles of healing
censored by the medical establishment"; "cures that greedy
drug companies and FDA bureaucrats don't want you to have."
One Wellness Today cover picture shows Uncle Sam holding his
hands over the eyes of a female who is holding a
prescription container in her hands. The "cures" often turn
out to be dietary supplements that Whitaker sells.
Champion of Maverick Medicine
Whitaker has taken up the causes of others in legal or
ethical difficulty. In 1995, he viciously attacked the
American Dietetic Association for its attempt to discipline
Shari Lieberman for violating the ADA code of ethics.
More recently, he took up the cause of Stanislaw Burzynski,
MD, who was on trial for violating a court injunction
against the interstate distribution of his unapproved cancer
remedy. Whitaker offers his personal inspection of
Burzynski's facility as proof of its validity. Whitaker is
Past President of the American Preventive Medical
Association (APMA). (Ms.Lieberman a APMA board member.)
APMA is largely made up of chelation therapy practitioners
who lobby for laws that would strip medical licensing boards
of their power to discipline maverick doctors who use
chelation therapy for questionable, unapproved purposes.
Such is done under the guise of patient freedom of choice,
but, in actuality, would excuse dubious doctors from
accountability. Whitaker writes pro-chelation therapy
articles such as "why angioplasty and bypass surgery won't
work," and books such as, Is Heart Surgery Necessary?
Whitaker is also heavily involved in an anti-aging scheme.
According to the Wall Street Journal (1/10/96) Whitaker is
part of Howard Turney's U.S. network that supplies aging men
with human growth hormone (HGH).b An article entitled "A
Hunger to be Younger" (Jane Haas, The Register [Palm Springs
area], 8/11/96) says that Whitaker takes HGH himself. HGH is
not snake oil. Its a prescription drug marketed by
Genentech and the Eli Lilly company--pharmaceutical
companies like those that Whitaker condemns. The EDTA used
by chelationists is also a standard drug product for
treating lead poisoning. Even vitamins, which Whitaker
fondly promotes, are manufactured by drug companies. The
logic that drug companies would somehow want to suppress the
use of these items escapes me.
Which Hunt is Witch?
These are curious charges by someone who advances the
sinister idea that organized medicine, drug companies, and
the Federal Government censor and suppress cures that would
benefit the public. Whitaker's assertions seem to be more
like witch-hunting and McCarthyism than NCAHF's consumer
protection activities. Further, Whitaker's tactic of
bringing emotionally-involved patients along to demonstrate
on his behalf also smacks of witch-hunting hysteria (NCAHF
doesn't attempt to disrupt Whitaker's seminars).
Whitaker's characterizations of NCAHF do not square with
reality. He simply has chosen to use negative buzz words as
weapons to smear NCAHF in his efforts to advance the cause
of maverick medicine.
So, Nora....... this is the Dr. Whitaker you want to use to
substantiate your argumentation?
Martin
Here's an other book you maybe should read:
NEW BOOK ON MAGNETISM PROVIDES TOOLS FOR DEBUNKING VITALISM
Belief in vitalism, "the doctrine that the functions of a
living organism are due to a vital principle
distinct from physicochemical forces" (Webster's
Dictionary); or, "the theory that biological
activities are directed by a supernatural force; opposed to
mechanism" (Dorland's Illustrated Medical
Dictionary) provides the conceptual underpinnings that
sustains the perpetual plague of quackery.
The "physico" half of the "physicochemical forces" despised
by vitalists embraces the physics of
magnetism, an understanding of which is key to debunking
vitalistic psychobabble. Dr. James
Livingston makes the physics of magnetism clear in his
marvelous book, Driving Force (Harvard,
1996). Livingston writes in a delightfully readable style.
Readers will not only learn marvelous facts
about lodestones, how the earth generates its own
electromagnetic field, and the role of magnetism
in nearly every modern technology, but they will also see
how pseudosciences have exploited the
mystery of magnetism for their purposes. Livingston
provides useful information on how magnets
are used to deceive people for entertainment by magicians,
and how these same tricks have been used
by phoney psychics, such as Uri Geller, to deceive the
public. Kusche wisely stated that the less a
person knows about a subject, the easier it is to make it
into a mystery, in his debunking of the
Bermuda Triangle myth (The Bermuda Triangle Mystery--Solved,
Warner, 1975). Livingston
explains the lack of science and the appropriate skepticism
that should be applied to magnet products
that claim to treat pain and disease. Nikken, Oriental
Medical Supplies, and other companies are
discussed with the caveat that none of these products have
proven value for anything medical. This is
contrasted with understandable explanations about how the
medical marvels like Magnetic Resonance
Imagery, positron emission tomography, and computerized
taxial tomography work. Carl Sagan has
said that the appeal of pseudosciences is that they seem to
provide insight into the construct of the
universe and how things work. Sagan contends that the
realities science uncovers are more wondrous than the
fantasies of the mystics. Livingston has filled in the
information we need to appreciate what Sagan was talking
about. I have put Driving Force on my basic reading list for
anyone who seeks
the knowledge needed to attack pseudoscience and quackery at
their foundations. The book can be
ordered from any bookstore. Price: $24.95.
Martin
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Nora in Chicago wrote:
Hi Folks, I would say "I found" - but that would be taking credit where creditThanks for the information, Nora, but in the interest of balance, some of you may want to read more about "Dr. Julian Whitaker" from other sources than the cover of his own book. He is well known through out the medical & science communities here in the US and in Europe. Mr. Whitaker, his products and his colleagues have been covered extensively in the mainstream press in conjunction with exposed quackery. Here is a sampler from the NCAHF:
wasn't due, so I must honestly say that tonight after work, "I was led" to a
bookstore to buy one thing and came out with something that will be of great
benefit to some of the people on the thread. THERE IS SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND
VERIFIABLE PROOF FROM WITHIN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION THAT MAGNETS WORK. I was
shopping after work for a book on Tai Chi and on the way out of the store, two
books on pain caught my attention.The first is called "The Pain Relief Breakthrough: The Power of Magnets to
relieve bachaches, arthritis, menstrual cramps, carpal tunnel syndrome, sports
injuries, and more." Authors: Julian Whitaker, M.D., and Brenda Adderly,
M.H.A., COPYRIGHT 1998 by Affinity Communications Corporation, Published by
Little, Brown and Company (Boston, NY, Toronto, London), First Edition, ISBN
0-316-60193-4; Library of Congress Catalog Card # 97-76355, Published
simultaneously in Canada by Little, Brown & Company. Price, USA $22.95,
Canada $30.95.
A Special Report:
JULIAN WHITAKER'S SMEAR CAMPAIGN
AND THE ALLEGED "NCAHF QUACK LIST"
By William Jarvis, PhD
Julian Whitaker, MD, of Newport Beach, CA, publishes a variety of health tabloids, magazines and newsletters in which he modestly bills himself as "America's #1 health advocate," "America's #1 health champion," and "the physician America trusts." Whitaker said in 1993 that his Health & Healing newsletter had 475,000 paid subscribers.
Doctor-Bashing, Anti-Government Rhetoric
Whitaker's publications regularly bash standard medicine and the government
regulators. Headlines cry out: "Forbidden Cures!"; "Censored
Cures!...treatments organized medicine doesn't want you to know about";
"Miracles of healing censored by the medical establishment"; "cures that
greedy drug companies and FDA bureaucrats don't want you to have."
One Wellness Today cover picture shows Uncle Sam holding his hands over
the eyes of a female who is holding a prescription container in her hands.
The "cures" often turn out to be dietary supplements that Whitaker sells.
Champion of Maverick Medicine
Whitaker has taken up the causes of others in legal or ethical difficulty.
In 1995, he viciously attacked the American Dietetic Association for its
attempt to discipline Shari Lieberman for violating the ADA code of ethics.
More recently, he took up the cause of Stanislaw Burzynski, MD, who was on trial for violating a court injunction against the interstate distribution of his unapproved cancer remedy. Whitaker offers his personal inspection of Burzynski's facility as proof of its validity. Whitaker is Past President of the American Preventive Medical Association (APMA). (Ms.Lieberman a APMA board member.) APMA is largely made up of chelation therapy practitioners who lobby for laws that would strip medical licensing boards of their power to discipline maverick doctors who use chelation therapy for questionable, unapproved purposes.
Such is done under the guise of patient freedom of choice, but, in actuality, would excuse dubious doctors from accountability. Whitaker writes pro-chelation therapy articles such as "why angioplasty and bypass surgery won't work," and books such as, Is Heart Surgery Necessary?
Whitaker is also heavily involved in an anti-aging scheme. According to the Wall Street Journal (1/10/96) Whitaker is part of Howard Turney's U.S. network that supplies aging men with human growth hormone (HGH).b An article entitled "A Hunger to be Younger" (Jane Haas, The Register [Palm Springs area], 8/11/96) says that Whitaker takes HGH himself. HGH is not snake oil. Its a prescription drug marketed by Genentech and the Eli Lilly company--pharmaceutical companies like those that Whitaker condemns. The EDTA used by chelationists is also a standard drug product for treating lead poisoning. Even vitamins, which Whitaker fondly promotes, are manufactured by drug companies. The logic that drug companies would somehow want to suppress the use of these items escapes me.
Which Hunt is Witch?
These are curious charges by someone who advances the sinister idea
that organized medicine, drug companies, and the Federal Government censor
and suppress cures that would benefit the public. Whitaker's assertions
seem to be more like witch-hunting and McCarthyism than NCAHF's consumer
protection activities. Further, Whitaker's tactic of bringing emotionally-involved
patients along to demonstrate on his behalf also smacks of witch-hunting
hysteria (NCAHF doesn't attempt to disrupt Whitaker's seminars).
Whitaker's characterizations of NCAHF do not square with reality. He simply
has chosen to use negative buzz words as weapons to smear NCAHF in his
efforts to advance the cause of maverick medicine.
So, Nora....... this is the Dr. Whitaker you want to use to substantiate
your argumentation?
Martin
Here's an other book you maybe should read:
NEW BOOK ON MAGNETISM PROVIDES TOOLS FOR DEBUNKING VITALISM
Belief in vitalism, "the doctrine that the functions of a living organism
are due to a vital principle
distinct from physicochemical forces" (Webster's Dictionary); or, "the
theory that biological
activities are directed by a supernatural force; opposed to mechanism"
(Dorland's Illustrated Medical
Dictionary) provides the conceptual underpinnings that sustains the
perpetual plague of quackery.
The "physico" half of the "physicochemical forces" despised by vitalists
embraces the physics of
magnetism, an understanding of which is key to debunking vitalistic
psychobabble. Dr. James
Livingston makes the physics of magnetism clear in his marvelous
book, Driving Force (Harvard,
1996). Livingston writes in a delightfully readable style. Readers
will not only learn marvelous facts
about lodestones, how the earth generates its own electromagnetic field,
and the role of magnetism
in nearly every modern technology, but they will also see how pseudosciences
have exploited the
mystery of magnetism for their purposes. Livingston provides
useful information on how magnets
are used to deceive people for entertainment by magicians, and how
these same tricks have been used
by phoney psychics, such as Uri Geller, to deceive the public.
Kusche wisely stated that the less a
person knows about a subject, the easier it is to make it into a mystery,
in his debunking of the
Bermuda Triangle myth (The Bermuda Triangle Mystery--Solved, Warner,
1975). Livingston
explains the lack of science and the appropriate skepticism that should
be applied to magnet products
that claim to treat pain and disease. Nikken, Oriental Medical
Supplies, and other companies are
discussed with the caveat that none of these products have proven value
for anything medical. This is
contrasted with understandable explanations about how the medical marvels
like Magnetic Resonance
Imagery, positron emission tomography, and computerized taxial tomography
work. Carl Sagan has
said that the appeal of pseudosciences is that they seem to provide
insight into the construct of the
universe and how things work. Sagan contends that the realities science
uncovers are more wondrous than the fantasies of the mystics. Livingston
has filled in the information we need to appreciate what Sagan was talking
about. I have put Driving Force on my basic reading list for anyone who
seeks
the knowledge needed to attack pseudoscience and quackery at their
foundations. The book can be
ordered from any bookstore. Price: $24.95.
Martin
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