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Canadian Bill C51 purportedly proposes sweeping changes to the herbal supplement and naturopathic/homeopathic remedies market.  The following excerpted from an anti Bill C51 website, although not independently confirmed, suggests that the bill would (amongst other things):
1) Fasttrack pharmaceutical drug approval and
2) Make over 70% percent of current herbal drugs illegal.
Now, this was taken from an [...]

[ Response to: Unapproved cancer therapy DCA makes some tumours worse (ANNE McILROY) ]

The Globe and Mail reports that DCA has been shown ineffective in colorectal cancer and even worse, it has been shown to protect certain cancerous cells.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health/unapproved-cancer-therapy-dca-makes-some-tumours-worse/article1806516/
The article made it to the Associated Press as well:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/FeedsAP/2010/11/life-sciences-unapproved-cancer-therapy-dca-makes-some-tumours-w/
The state of science reporting is truly depressing [...]

The research of Evangelos Michelakis of the University of Alberta (expanding on the work of Otto Warburg in 1930) has shown that the compound DCA shows vast promise as a pan-cancer treatment as it reactivates mitochondrial energy production in cells, causing mutated cells (ie cancers) to self destruct. However no clinical trials are being run [...]

The research of Evangelos Michelakis of the University of Alberta (expanding on the work of Otto Warburg in 1930) has shown that the compound DCA shows vast promise as a pan-cancer treatment as it reactivates mitochondrial energy production in cells, causing mutated cells (ie cancers) to self destruct. However no clinical trials are being run [...]

The Hippocratic Oath is often summarized by the idiom “do no harm”. Harm in turn may be caused by action or inaction. Inaction in its purest form is a courageous physician admitting “I don’t know” in response to a patient’s condition and through inaction avoiding making the condition worse.
So much for ideals: Regrettably inaction has [...]