[extropy-chat] Professor Being Sued Over Anti-Aging Comments

[giorgio gaviraghi]

caveat emptor is valid but not in medicine.
isn'it FDA job to approve pharmaceuticals specialties?
--- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> ha scritto: 

> You mean prosecuted? If they cannot support their
> claims for their
> products with studies or trials, then the lack of
> such should be clear
> in consumer reports from third parties. It isn't the
> job of government
> to protect people from their own gullibility and
> ignorance. Caveat
> emptor is the rule of the market. If people feel
> they are getting
> shafted, they can launch a class action civil
> lawsuit against the
> perpetrators.
> 
> --- giorgio gaviraghi <giogavir at yahoo.it> wrote:
> 
> > the people claiming ineffective wonder drugs are
> our
> > worst enemies since they affect our credibility.
> > They must be exposed and persecuted.
> > --- BillK <pharos at gmail.com> ha scritto: 
> > 
> > > On 6/20/05, Olga Bourlin wrote:
> > > >     
> > > > However, it seems more and more scientific
> > > medicine is going to bed with
> > > > "alternative medicine" these days.  And money
> > > seems to be at the root of
> > > > this phenomenon.  So, where do we begin? 
> > > >   
> > > 
> > > See:
> > >
> <http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/06/greatamerican.htm>
> > > 
> > > For Release: June 9, 2005 CORRECTED
> > > 
> > > FTC Targets Bogus Anti-Aging Claims for Pills
> and
> > > Sprays Promising
> > > Human Growth Hormone Benefits
> > > 
> > > Settlement Provides Up To $20 Million In
> Consumer
> > > Redress
> > > 
> > > Two Florida businesses have agreed to a federal
> > > court order requiring
> > > them to pay up to $20 million in consumer
> redress –
> > > the largest
> > > monetary judgment ever obtained in an FTC health
> > > fraud case – to
> > > settle charges that they deceptively claimed
> that
> > > their pills and
> > > sprays would increase consumers' human growth
> > > hormone (HGH) levels and
> > > provide anti-aging benefits, including weight
> loss
> > > and increased
> > > cognitive function. In addition, the Commission
> has
> > > issued warning
> > > letters to more than 90 Internet marketers
> making
> > > similar claims.
> > > 
> > > "Early explorers searched without success for a
> > > fountain of youth, and
> > > modern marketers promise that it can be found in
> > > pills and sprays,"
> > > said Lydia Parnes, Director of the FTC's Bureau
> of
> > > Consumer
> > > Protection. "Those promises are illusory.
> > > Unfortunately, no pill or
> > > spray can turn back the hands of time."
> > > 
> > > The complaint alleges that ads for the dietary
> > > supplements Ultimate
> > > HGH and Super HGH Booster and the sublingual
> sprays
> > > Master HGH and
> > > Super HGH promise that these products will
> > > significantly increase
> > > growth hormone levels; provide the benefits
> > > purportedly shown in
> > > various studies involving prescription-only HGH
> > > injections; and
> > > provide physical benefits including reduced fat,
> > > cholesterol, and
> > > blood pressure, increased muscle mass, and
> improved
> > > cognitive, immune,
> > > and sexual function.
> > > According to the FTC, these claims are false or
> > > unsubstantiated.
> > > 
> > > BillK
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> Mike Lorrey
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> human freedom.
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> slaves."
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