Comic

"A jury in West Texas took less than an hour Thursday to acquit a nurse who had been charged with a felony after anonymously complaining to the state medical board that a doctor at her hospital was practicing unsafe medicine."

-- Grunt Doc

"Dr. Arafiles does not seem to have ever seen a non-traditional remedy that he didn't like. He's been selling alkalized water and colloidal silver on his website. He testified yesterday that he - and his buddy the sheriff - have been selling the Chopra Center-endorsed supplement beverage Zrii - a 25 ounce energy drink that seems to mostly consist of grape juice, and which retails on Amazon at a little over $50 per bottle. According to woo-megasite educate-yourself.org, Arafiles was offering IV Hydrogen Peroxide and Bioluminescence Therapy in 2002. More recently - as in Christmas, 2009 - Arafiles posted something on the 'no-forced-vaccination' Yahoo! group asking when he would receive materials for a homeopathy class he was interested in."

-- The Questionable Authority

"Women are using these therapies, but they have little education about safety and efficacy. One report indicates up to 80 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer are using CAM therapies.'

'They could really benefit from information on how to make a wise decision and choose the best therapies."

-- Science Daily