Re: MN has a law against Rife? LENGTHY OT ??

[Guest guest]

Do a search on Shelvie Rettmann, Prior Lake, Minnesota. Fined $50,000 in

Wisconsin and also charged in Minnesota for her use of " Rife " devices

and claims regarding health and diagnosis. I have never been able to

determine exactly what kind of " Rife " device she was using. I do recall

the story when it came out in the papers. The newspaper article said

that she was making " cure " claims and offering " treatments " ..

see:

http://www.allbusiness.com/periodicals/article/272226-1.html

The machine was described as a " Rifer Frequency Generator radionics

machine " in December 1997. It may be worth noting that Shelvie had also

run in a primary for congressional office some years before that (but

lost, 1983 or 84.)

Here is an article I found on the case:

Rife Machine Operator Sued

The Attorneys General of Wisconsin and Minnesota have sued to stop an

unlicensed woman, Shelvie Rettmann, of Prior Lake, Minnesota, from

representing that she can cure cancer.

In December 1997, Wisconsin Attorney General Doyle announced that

a Wisconsin resident who was diagnosed with advanced colon and liver

cancer used Rettmann's services after being told that she could cure the

woman's cancer [1]. Although medical doctors had recommended

chemotherapy, Rettmann had advised her otherwise.

At their first meeting, Rettmann allegedly photographed the woman and

her daughter with a Polaroid camera and put the photos in a cup attached

to a radionics machine. After telling the mother that she had colon and

blood cancer and the daughter that she had breast cancer, Rettmann

allegedly advised both to have treatments with a Rife Frequency

Generator, a special diet, dietary supplements, a regimen of baths, and

foot zoning (a type of foot massage claimed to break up accumulated

deposits at the end of foot nerve endings in order to help heal the body).

Both women underwent multiple treatments. The mother paid Rettmann a

total of $1,778.85, and the daughter paid $495.30. At their final

meeting, Rettmann told the mother that she had been cured. Within a

month, however, the mother experienced severe pain that caused her to

see a physician. She was told that her cancer had progressed

considerably and that the prognosis was hopeless. She died soon after

that assessment. The daughter was subsequently examined by her personal

physician and told that she did not have breast cancer.

Rettmann allegedly conducted seminars about her products in Ellsworth.

Consumers who used her services were allegedly told that she had

successfully treated as many as 1,000 patients.

According to Doyle, Rettmann told patients that the government did not

want to cure cancer and did not understand what she was doing. She also

allegedly provided her customers books and videotapes which claimed that

there was a conspiracy to keep the Rife generator from being approved by

the FDA and that the government was wrong at Waco and the Oklahoma City

bombing. She had been selling the Rife device for about $3,500 and the

radionics machine for $1,700. She also sold the nutritional supplements

she recommended.

In September 1998, Minnesota Attorney General Hubert Humphrey III

announced that his office had obtained a judgment against Rettmann [2].

The County District Court found that Rettmann had violated state

laws prohibiting deceptive trade practices and consumer fraud by selling

medical devices without FDA approval and telling consumers she could

cure cancer with a " Rife generator " machine, a " radionics " device,

" foot-zoning " treatments, and various vitamins and supplements. During a

hearing, the FDA provided support and expert testimony confirming that

the devices Rettmann sold were illegal.

The judge concluded: (a) Rettmann had sold over $7,000 worth of bogus

medical devices, treatments and products to an Anoka, Minnesota, man

with pancreatic and liver cancer; ( Rettmann promised she could cure

the consumer's cancer faster if he stopped taking chemotherapy

treatments; © relying on Rettmann's promise, the man stopped

chemotherapy after a single session and died four months later; and (d)

Rettmann also violated Minnesota consumer laws by saying she was

licensed to practice " foot zoning " (essentially foot massage) and she

could cure cancer through " foot zoning " treatments. Minnesota does not

license the practice of " foot zoning. " The judge prohibited Rettmann

from providing health care services or products, ordered refunds upon

request to injured consumers, and imposed civil penalties of $50,000

plus the state's attorney fees and costs.

Dave

Bil Green wrote:

> This type of story needs to be properly checked out. I did a web

> search using the words " Minnesota Attorney General " , Rife, crime,

> etc. and nothing reverent came up (except for events dating back

> to the 1990's, but no mention of any new laws).

>

> Here's a Minnesota/Rife related article:

> http://www.disease-information.com/showthread.php?t=2019

>

> Bil

>

[Guest guest]

I can understand this I would not trust anyone who claims they can cure

anything, what works well for some doesn't work well for others, if this

were true we would only need 1 of each kind of medicine, people who do this

kind of thing without proof of facts should shut their mouths or be stopped

this gives everyone else the stereotype of being a nut or quack, neither of

which I have met on this forum.

Terry

Re: MN has a law against Rife? LENGTHY OT ??

Do a search on Shelvie Rettmann, Prior Lake, Minnesota. Fined $50,000 in

Wisconsin and also charged in Minnesota for her use of " Rife " devices and

claims regarding health and diagnosis. I have never been able to determine

exactly what kind of " Rife " device she was using. I do recall the story when

it came out in the papers. The newspaper article said that she was making

" cure " claims and offering " treatments " ..

see:

http://www.allbusiness.com/periodicals/article/272226-1.html

The machine was described as a " Rifer Frequency Generator radionics machine "

in December 1997. It may be worth noting that Shelvie had also run in a

primary for congressional office some years before that (but lost, 1983 or

84.)

Here is an article I found on the case:

Rife Machine Operator Sued

The Attorneys General of Wisconsin and Minnesota have sued to stop an

unlicensed woman, Shelvie Rettmann, of Prior Lake, Minnesota, from

representing that she can cure cancer.

In December 1997, Wisconsin Attorney General Doyle announced that a

Wisconsin resident who was diagnosed with advanced colon and liver cancer

used Rettmann's services after being told that she could cure the woman's

cancer [1]. Although medical doctors had recommended chemotherapy, Rettmann

had advised her otherwise.

At their first meeting, Rettmann allegedly photographed the woman and her

daughter with a Polaroid camera and put the photos in a cup attached to a

radionics machine. After telling the mother that she had colon and blood

cancer and the daughter that she had breast cancer, Rettmann allegedly

advised both to have treatments with a Rife Frequency Generator, a special

diet, dietary supplements, a regimen of baths, and foot zoning (a type of

foot massage claimed to break up accumulated deposits at the end of foot

nerve endings in order to help heal the body).

Both women underwent multiple treatments. The mother paid Rettmann a total

of $1,778.85, and the daughter paid $495.30. At their final meeting,

Rettmann told the mother that she had been cured. Within a month, however,

the mother experienced severe pain that caused her to see a physician. She

was told that her cancer had progressed considerably and that the prognosis

was hopeless. She died soon after that assessment. The daughter was

subsequently examined by her personal physician and told that she did not

have breast cancer.

Rettmann allegedly conducted seminars about her products in Ellsworth.

Consumers who used her services were allegedly told that she had

successfully treated as many as 1,000 patients.

According to Doyle, Rettmann told patients that the government did not want

to cure cancer and did not understand what she was doing. She also allegedly

provided her customers books and videotapes which claimed that there was a

conspiracy to keep the Rife generator from being approved by the FDA and

that the government was wrong at Waco and the Oklahoma City bombing. She had

been selling the Rife device for about $3,500 and the radionics machine for

$1,700. She also sold the nutritional supplements she recommended.

In September 1998, Minnesota Attorney General Hubert Humphrey III announced

that his office had obtained a judgment against Rettmann [2].

The County District Court found that Rettmann had violated state laws

prohibiting deceptive trade practices and consumer fraud by selling medical

devices without FDA approval and telling consumers she could cure cancer

with a " Rife generator " machine, a " radionics " device, " foot-zoning "

treatments, and various vitamins and supplements. During a hearing, the FDA

provided support and expert testimony confirming that the devices Rettmann

sold were illegal.

The judge concluded: (a) Rettmann had sold over $7,000 worth of bogus

medical devices, treatments and products to an Anoka, Minnesota, man with

pancreatic and liver cancer; ( Rettmann promised she could cure the

consumer's cancer faster if he stopped taking chemotherapy treatments; ©

relying on Rettmann's promise, the man stopped chemotherapy after a single

session and died four months later; and (d) Rettmann also violated Minnesota

consumer laws by saying she was licensed to practice " foot zoning "

(essentially foot massage) and she could cure cancer through " foot zoning "

treatments. Minnesota does not license the practice of " foot zoning. " The

judge prohibited Rettmann from providing health care services or products,

ordered refunds upon request to injured consumers, and imposed civil

penalties of $50,000 plus the state's attorney fees and costs.

Dave

Bil Green wrote:

> This type of story needs to be properly checked out. I did a web

> search using the words " Minnesota Attorney General " , Rife, crime, etc.

> and nothing reverent came up (except for events dating back to the

> 1990's, but no mention of any new laws).

>

> Here's a Minnesota/Rife related article:

> http://www.disease-information.com/showthread.php?t=2019

>

> Bil

>