[Marxism] Abolish the Fucking Hospitals: The leading cause of death and injury in the United States

[Pat Costello <pt_costello@xxxxxxxxx>]

I do not know about the other authors of this piece but i recognize the name 
Gary Null. He is the owner of a health food store in my neighborhood. He is 
also a promoter of AIDS denialismâthat is, the belief that HIV is harmless 
and is not the cause of AIDS. He sells self-made films on his website that 
promote AIDS denialism. While it is certainly good to be skeptical of the 
medical establishment, one should not run into the arms of new age, 
anti-science quackery. 


more on Gary Null:

http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/null.html


A Critical Look at Gary Null's Activities and Credentials
Stephen Barrett, M.D.

Gary Null (1945â ) is one of the nation's leading promoters of dubious 
treatment for serious disease. He hosts radio and television talk shows; writes 
books and magazine articles; delivers lectures; and markets products through 
his Web site. According to an article in East West magazine, Null became 
interested in nutrition during his twenties while working as a short order cook 
in New York City, where he now resides. He researched the subject and wrote The 
Complete Guide to Health and Nutrition, which was published in 1972 and sold 
briskly after Null appeared on a succession of prominent talk shows. He began 
hosting radio shows around that time and eventually got his own show on WABC, 
the flagship radio station of the ABC network. Later he moved to WMCA, which 
broadcast Null's show on Sunday nights to many stations across the United 
States. For many years, he also hosted a daily show on WBAI and a Sunday 
evening program on WEVD in New York City. I have
 been tracking his activities since the mid-1970s.
Dubious Conclusions

Null is prone to see conspiracies behind many of the things he is concerned 
about. One of his targets has been the pharmaceutical industry, which, he says, 
"cannot afford to have an alternative therapy accepted." He promotes hundreds 
of ideas that are inaccurate, unscientific, and/or unproven. He calls 
fluoridation "deadly" and has spoken out against immunization, food 
irradiation, amalgam fillings, and many forms of proven medical treatment. His 
series on "The Politics of Cancer," which was published in Penthouse magazine 
in 1979 and 1980, promoted unproven methods that he said were being 
"suppressed" by the medical establishment. His lengthy series, "Medical 
Genocide," began appearing in Penthouse in 1985 with an article calling our 
medical care system a "prescription for disaster" and claiming that modern 
medicine has had virtually no effect on heart disease, cancer, and arthritis 
[1]. Other articles in the series promoted chiropractic and homeopathy,
 claimed that effective nutritional methods for treating AIDS were being 
suppressed, claimed that chelation therapy was safe and effective for treating 
heart disease, and endorsed several treatments for cancer that the American 
Cancer Society recommends against. His Web site contains a huge amount of 
misinformation and bad advice.
Questionable Offerings

Over the years, Null has marketed a variety of supplement products. In the 
mid-1980s, his catalog included: Guard-Ion (an antioxidant formula claimed to 
help protect athletes from free radicals the body can't control), Gary Null's 
AM-PM Vitamin-Mineral Formula (a "revolutionary breakthrough in vitamin 
preparation" that provides the nutrients needed at the best times for the 
body's anabolic and catabolic activities), Candida Complex (to bolster the 
body's defenses against yeast infection), Endurance Factor (containing "all the 
nutrients and enzymes that have made Bee Pollen famous"), Energy Plus (a royal 
jelly tablet), Rebalancer (a "cleansing formulation" for adults exposed to air 
pollutants, pesticides, or preservatives, or who have "internal metabolic 
imbalances"), CoEnzyme Q10 ("may reverse deficiencies and improve organ 
function, especially in the heart), Sport DMG (an N,N Dimethylglycine product 
to "improve cardiovascular function and to enhance the
 body's natural immune response system), and Gary Null's Immune Nutrients ("to 
nourish and stimulate immune function, not merely at a marginal level of 
preventing disease and degeneration, but a positive level of striving for 
wellness and excellence, for optimal health"). 

full:

http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/null.html


      

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