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60 Minutes exposes stem cell con men

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Autism News Beat has a post, Avoiding false balance, 60 Minutes nails con men. It isn’t autism specific, but it does have to do with a type of “therapy” that comes up a lot in autism: stem cells. 60 Minutes, a U.S. television news magazine did a “sting” operation. They had patients go into the [...]

Posted in Extreme biomed, Quackery | 4 Comments »

Bogus Urine Metals Testing Fails In Vaccine Court

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

The Thimersoal “test cases” in the OAP relied on bogus urine mercury testing. Among many other common problems the petitioners had in providing any sound scientific support for the notion that mecury can cause autism, that, was at least in part, the apparent conclusion of all three of the special masters. I just skimmed through [...]

Posted in Autism Omnibus, Chelation, News, Omnibus Experts, Quackery, Science, Thimerosal, Vaccines | 63 Comments »

Wakefield, O’Leary and Bustin

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Below is an old post from 2007 when the Omnibus hearings were in full swing. It goes through the testimony of Professor Stephen Bustin and why it was so deadly to the MMR hypothesis. I thought now might be an ideal time to republish it. On Day 8 of the Autism Omnibus proceedings, the MMR [...]

Posted in Autism, Autism Omnibus, MMR, Quackery | 25 Comments »

Parents in lawsuit over Thoughtful House treatement

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

Father takes ex-wife to court over son’s autism treatment is the title of a recent story on Statesman.com. The subtitle: Mother says intravenous treatment at Thoughtful House is unproven and too dangerous.. Yes, it’s about chelation. The kid has been undergoing chelation (suppository), but the father wants to do IV chelation. From the Statesman: Mario [...]

Posted in Autism, Chelation, Extreme biomed, Legal, Mercury, News, Quackery, Thoughtful House, Wakefield | 32 Comments »