Re: Cancer Decisions® - Avastin: Stunning Reversal

[Guest guest]

It's my opinion that these news letters inform and are of value. You can either

be stunned, not read them at all or read them and take what you consider of

value and disregard the rest.

These news letter stun as a hook to get people to read them. That is no

different than what the news media does. I imagine if they used extremely large

words that no one understood or if it's something one would read in a

monotone...such as ho hum then no one would read to inform themselves of

anything.

So, VGammill, you think the drug Avastin should be approved for breast cancer?

Sandy

From: VGammill <vgammill@...>

Subject: Re: [ ] Cancer Decisions® - Avastin: Stunning Reversal

Date: Monday, July 26, 2010, 12:36 PM

 

Stunned List subscribers:

This is another stunning example of Moss's stunning newsletters. All

health newsletters are the same -- they must stun with excitement or

stun with alarm. Most articles in most medical journals, if they are

at all understandable to the laity, can be rewritten in an inflated

fashion along with a pompous, self-congratulatory commentary. " I for

one was never impressed by the data in BC and argued forcefully

against approval for that indication, " wrote Moss. Personally, I

couldn't imagine accepting statistical interpretation from a

journalist who mongers in whipsawing emotions, who caters exclusively

to those who are disaffected with conventional medicine. Each health

newsletter writer rakes in the spondulix with their scientistic

drivel. Isn't Mercola pulling in $500,000,000 per year? What kind

of money is Mike making? See:

http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/79/topic/746191

A stunning rebuke from,

>#453 : Free Weekly Newsletter by Ralph W. Moss, PhD. July 25, 2010

>

>AVASTIN: STUNNING REVERSAL

>

>In a stunning rebuke to the former director of the Food and Drug

>Administration (FDA), an advisory panel has recommended removing the

>approval of the drug Avastin (bevacizumab) for breast cancer.....

[Guest guest]

I see the problem with newsletters as not everyone being so astute and

knowledgeable that they can discard what isn't of value.

The very point about all news letters and the media doing the same thing seem to

prove a point. Advertising (hype) works and instead of hype one can insert

'lies' in some cases.

Some of us have been dabbling in Alternative measures for a long time while

others are brand new and just think about all the Urban Legends you get that are

nothing but fakes, that people suck up as fact, and that is the problem with

newsletters.

I too think I can discern the hype but have to admit, some are so well done they

make one pause. This may be one of the most valuable subjects because it may

give new entrants into Alternative Practices reason to pause before jumping.

Most people find this list because they were diagnosed with cancer or suspected

cancer and are grasping for information. One of my favorite quotes comes from

which he directed at my daughter-in-law upon her dx......... " Information

is your best friend " .

I was one of the lucky ones that took his advice, freely given too. My

daughter-in-law really wanted conventional help as do most people.

Joe C.