This #medical #nightmare has to be put to a stop. - http://clapway.com/2015/07/19/dr-abracadabra-fake-doctors-strike-again-234/

While most health providers are legitimate, there are many fake doctors that are completely bogus. Unaccredited, unregulated ‘phony’ doctors, are criminal scammers for the most part, who cold-bloodedly exploit the credulity and desperation of the most vulnerable people in society: terminal patients.

Fake doctors are in vogue

Indeed, fake medical degrees are so prolific that have become an “urgent national problem.” If twenty-five years ago, a Congressional committee calculated that there were over 5,000 fake doctors in the United States, just imagine how many more there are now. People have died because of these mockups. Something must change.

Alleged chemist arrested in California

The latest incident was reported in California. Here, an alleged chemist who claimed he could treat cancer with alternative medicine scammed a mother out of thousands of dollars, police say. According to news reports, the victim identified as Fern was upset to witness somebody preying on cancer patients “who are desperate to live”.

The battle of a cancer patient

Fern has been battling breast cancer for seven years. Despite years of chemotherapy, the cancer spread. She decided to turn to natural treatments and in 2009 found a website promoting Vincent Gammill’s “Natural Oncology Institute”. It was her last resort, she thought. She believed the doctor had answers to her problems, but he didn’t. Gammill was no guru.

 

The first visit cost her $2,000. She was given various prescriptions that were all expired and had to listen to comments “that didn’t make any sense”.

After her visit, the mother of two contacted the police. “He robbed me of my money, of my time. It was three days driving up, I was away from my children and my family,” Fern told 6abc Action News.

It turned out that Gammill had no formal education beyond high school. In his home, investigators found laboratory equipment and bottles labeled corrosive and poison, along with over 25,000 prescription pills, including morphine, Ambien, steroids and Mexican and Russian drugs.

The Big Lie

The “Natural Oncology Institute” is still online. Here we read that Gammill became well known in international clinics “for the effectiveness of certain cancer vaccines he developed”. His aim was to create a non-profit where “cancer patients could get a honest answers from someone who knew both conventional and alternative medicine without sizing up their wallet”. Right.

Gammill, 69, who was arrested on July 9, is scheduled to appear in Ventura County Superior Court on Aug. 31.

Over the years, organisations such as the California medical board has investigated a mounting number of people pretending to be doctors and offering risky treatments, including a San Francisco man who performed liposuction while smoking a cigar and a San Diego woman who sickened a patient with lengthy IV infusion treatments.

Fake doctors and unlicensed physicians are everywhere in the US. Check out this page for more stories. Have you ever met a bunch of fake doctors? Share your experiences in the comments section below.

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Could you having #sittingdisease? Now, just stop for a second and think: how many hours do you spend sitting down? - http://clapway.com/2015/07/14/sitting-disease-increases-chances-of-cancer-in-women-by-10-percent-234/

Leisure sitting is linked to a 10 percent higher risk of cancer in women — even after factors such as total physical activity and body mass are taken into account, a new study found. Researchers for the American Cancer Society studied 146,000 people — of which 69,260 were men and 77,462 were women — between 1992 and 2009. During this timeframe 18,555 men and 12,236 women were diagnosed with cancer.

Are you spending too much time sitting?

Researchers concluded that longer leisure time spent sitting was associated with a higher risk of cancer in women – notably with “multiple myeloma [bone marrow cancer], breast cancer, and ovarian cancers.”

Surprisingly, according to lead author Alpa Patel from American Cancer Society, sitting time was not associated with a considerably higher cancer risk in men. Further research is needed to solve this scientific mystery.

Stand up and walk around

Ultimately, the real problem appears to be not how much physical activity you manage to get, but rather you much time you spend sitting. According to researchers, several factors could explain the positive association between time spent sitting and cancer in women. Studies have revealed that prolonged time spent sitting, independent of physical activity, has important metabolic consequences, which may in turn trigger chronic diseases.

The sitting disease

The sitting disease, or a sedentary lifestyle, is a term used to describe people whom engage in prolonged periods of sitting or overall inactivity. It’s no news that over the past few decades the times we spend sitting has increased due to several factors, ranging from technological advancement to car-driven cultures.

Sitting down all day, however, is not as harmless as one may expect. Now, just stop for a second and think: how many hours do you spend sitting down? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 60 to 85% of the population worldwide does not engage in enough activity.

Physical inactivity is the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality as it is responsible for 6% of coronary heart disease cases, 7% of type 2 diabetes, 10% of breast cancer in women and 10% of colon cancer cases.

Change your habits

You don’t need to start training for a marathon to change your sedentary habits. Check out the Activity Pyramid Health based on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommendations to explore the innumerable ways you can integrate movement into your schedule, whether at home or in the workplace.

Ultimately to reduce the risk of cancer in women and to boost people’s health, experts argued that public health messages and guidelines should be refined to include reducing time spent sitting in addition to promoting physical activity.

Share with us your ‘healthy lifestyle tips’ in the comments section below.

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"Sitting Disease" Increases Chances of Cancer in Women by 10 Percent