Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen When the New York ad agency, the one the runs the “quackbuster” operation against innovation in health care in North America selects a new target, one of the things they count on is “a raid” from their bed partners at the FDA, against that selected target. On the […]
Category: Quackbusters
Quackbusted Barrett Broken in “Home Town” Court…
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen In simple language – the Lehigh County Court Judge, today, in the Barrett v. Koren “defamation” case, ruled that Stephen Barrett wasted the Lehigh County Court’s time with his meritless claims. Just before lunch on Thursday, October 13th, 2005 (today), Judge Johnson of the Lehigh County Court of Common […]
NOW IT’S TIME FOR A LAUGH…
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Monday, October 10th, 2005, is a day to watch – for Stephen Barrett gets his date in Court, again – and I don’t think he’s going to like it. Here’s why. A couple years back, top “quackbuster” propagandist Stephen Barrett, a failed MD who describes himself as “a […]
“Health Freedom” Counter Attacks – Big Time…
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen The world-wide war between “health” and “medicine,” “conventional” and “alternative,” rages across continents. “Big Pharma,” in an almost uncontrolled panic in the US, is shoveling so much cash, by the truck and trainload, at US television networks, trying to buy their way back to Americans, it’s laughable. If […]
“Bobbie Bogus” Runs For Cover …
Everybody knows that, in my advocation, I hunt “Quackbusters,” The fact that there exists at all, a group whose purpose is to stop innovation, and progress, in health care, in favor of the “drug world” status quo, raises my ire. Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen
Is Aetna Threatening My Family?…
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen For good reason, I’m beginning to get the impression that Aetna doesn’t like the articles I’ve been writing about the Cavitat v. Aetna Federal RICO (racketeering) case.
California “Sinaiko” Case: The “Quackbuster’s” Breaking Point…
April 4th, 2005 Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen For years the “quackbuster” attacks against innovative health practitioners were handled, by health activists, in the “defense” mode. The California “Sinaiko” case was the turning point. The reason: the “quackbusters” had won so many battles, and had caused so many problems for innovative health practitioners […]
In California: We know How to Treat “Quackbusters”…
Victory can be so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o sweet… I’ll tell you about our latest victory in a minute, but first… Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen In California we like to have first rate health care. The attitude is “we deserve it.” We’ve got the fifth largest stand-alone economy in the world – and it isn’t by accident. […]
“Tennessee Medicine” – What Were You Thinking?… An OPEN Letter to the Tennessee Medical Association
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Someone forwarded to me an article coming up in your April 2005 issue of “Tennessee Medicine” called “The CAM Controversy: Should Tennessee Embrace Complementary and Alternative Medicine?” On the whole the article wasn’t too bad, and it portrayed the controversy fairly well EXCEPT FOR your use, as a credible […]
Quackbusters “Horse-Whipped” by Missouri Supreme Court…
The North American “quackbuster” operation is scrambling for survival – because, among other things, the American Court System is “horse-whipping” them. Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen I just received word about a new Supreme Court Case Decision involving an attack on an innovative health practitioner, Edward W. McDonagh, D.O., from Missouri, who had the […]
The “Quackbuster’s” Attack on Dental Medicine…
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen I’m a severe critic of the broken North American Health Care System. For the most part, so far, I’ve focused my commentaries on the medical world. I’ve not ignored the dental world – I just haven’t given it all the attention it deserves. From what I’ve seen, though, […]
Salem “Which” Hunt… An Open Letter to the Editors of the Salem News…
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Today I was forwarded a copy of your February 28th, 2005 online article titled “The Quack Catcher” by Staff Writer Julie Kirkwood. After my laughter died down – I asked myself “Which Robert Baratz are they talking about? It couldn’t be the well known hair removal and ear […]
Health Freedom: CHELATION VICTORY in Connecticut…
Chelation therapy is now completely legal in Connecticut. Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen The Connecticut Medical Board, on Tuesday February 15th, 2005, was presented with a negotiated settlement in the Connecticut Health Department versus Robban Sica MD case. The parties recommending this settlement were the Connecticut Department of Health (DOPH), the Connecticut Attorney General, […]
“Stalker” Terry Polevoy; The Quackbuster’s Nut Case?…
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Just a little north of the US border, in Waterloo/Kitchener, Ontario, is the home, and acne care business, of Terry Polevoy MD, Canada’s number one self styled “quackbuster.” Polevoy, well versed in bigotry and scare tactics, operates a “hate” operation. His hatred is for those that espouse “alternative medicine,” […]
Quackbusters “Shortt-Circuited” in South Carolina…
Generally speaking, I’ve always found that the word “inept” usually describes “quackbuster” leadership. I’ve never been proven wrong. Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen The “quackbusters,” or in this case the more aptly descriptive term “quackpots,” are getting desperate for a victory. They thought the Jim Shortt MD case in South Carolina would do the […]
“60 Minutes” to Air Jim Shortt MD Story Tonight…
Big Pharma’s “quackbuster,” operation went into overdrive a few months ago trying to find a story, any story, to take the heat off Merck’s mass murder of over 55,000 Americans with their deadly “Vioxx” product. Merck had been caught spending over 500 million dollars to mass market Vioxx after they were well aware, and took […]
Medscape – Your Credibility is on the Line… An Open Letter to MedScape
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen It’s hard to find legitimate resources for health information on the internet, these days. So much available is just drivel. The North American Health System is badly broken. It’s hard for consumers to get information they can trust. The key to evaluation of information provided is simple. A […]
Wisconsin: Just a Lull in the Battle…
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen According to a major new study, 39,170 people die unnecessarily, and 301,513 have severe health problems in Wisconsin due to the problems inherent in the approved American Health Care System – and nothing is being done about it. You can find out more about this by reading an […]
Schwarzenegger Attacks “Quackbusters”…
The “quackbuster” operation, run out of a New York ad agency, isn’t doing well in California… to say the least. Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Many of my readers will remember, with amusement, the pieces I wrote about the “quackbusters” being humiliated in California when they sued over forty victims, using California Business & […]
Quackbusters Retreat to “Liar For Hire” Tactic in Connecticut?…
Opinion by Consumer Advocate Tim Bolen Big Pharma, as the “drug” industry is known, has for years funded, and operated, a covert group commonly known as the “quackbusters” whose purpose is to stomp out competition to “drug therapies.” The operation is run out of a New York ad agency. Previously successful, the “quackbuster” operation […]