Quack Watch

There are many potential treatments available for cancer patients. However, not all of the available treatments may help you, some might actually cause you more harm then good.

As we progress, we often become more desperate to find a “cure” or to find relief from our symptoms. Many of the main-line approved treatments do not seem to work. Even the very best of these treatments are often very limiting in their potential to provide the relief or cure we seek.

We are constantly bombarded with information about alternative treatments that promise us a cure and relief from our pain and suffering. We hear about these miracle treatments on the internet, through our e-mail and from our friends and family. Often, the information we receive is linked with stories and testimonials from people like us who found that magic cure and are now living their healthy, non-cancerous, life going skiing or mountain climbing everyday.

It is confusing because we want to find a cure and we want to find a way to relieve our symptoms. We can almost feel the snow on our face and the rough rocks making calluses on our hands.

However, is this realistic? A web site might be able to assist you to sort out the wheat from the chaff, Quack Watch.

There are many potential treatments available for cancer patients. However, not all of the available treatments may help you, some might actually cause you more harm then good.

As we progress, we often become more desperate to find a “cure” or to find relief from our symptoms. Many of the main-line approved treatments do not seem to work. Even the very best of these treatments are often very limiting in their potential to provide the relief or cure we seek.

We are constantly bombarded with information about alternative treatments that promise us a cure and relief from our pain and suffering. We hear about these miracle treatments on the internet, through our e-mail and from our friends and family. Often, the information we receive is linked with stories and testimonials from people like us who found that magic cure and are now living their healthy, non-cancerous, life going skiing or mountain climbing everyday.

It is confusing because we want to find a cure and we want to find a way to relieve our symptoms. We can almost feel the snow on our face and the rough rocks making calluses on our hands.

However, is this realistic? A web site might be able to assist you to sort out the wheat from the chaff, Quack Watch.

*** A note of caution – Some of the information posted to this site is itself controversial and needs to be evaluated carefully. The important message is to be careful and reasonable in what you do and how you spend your money.

Joel T. Nowak MA, MSW