| When Healing Becomes a Crime: The Amazing Story of the Hoxsey Cancer Clinics and the Return of Alternative Therapies Original Edition Contributor(s): Ausubel, Kenny (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892819251 ISBN-13: 9780892819256 Publisher: Healing Arts Press OUR PRICE: $25.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: A powerful and substantiated expose of the medical politics that prevents promising alternative cancer therapies from being implemented in the United States -- Focuses on Harry Hoxsey, the subject of the author's award-winning documentary, who claimed to cure cancer using herbal remedies -- Presents scientific evidence supporting Hoxsey's cancer-fighting claims -- Published to coincide with the public release of the National Institutes of Health report on the efficacy of Hoxsey's remedies Harry Hoxsey claimed to cure cancer using herbal remedies, and thousands of patients swore that he cured them. But medical authorities branded him a quack and relentlessly hounded him until his Texas clinic was driven to Tijuana, Mexico, in the early 1960s. Since that time, laboratory tests have shown Hoxsey's herbs to have documented anticancer properties. In 1997, the federal government's Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine began a historic preliminary review of Hoxsey's patient records with their findings scheduled for release in the spring of 2000. When Healing Becomes a Crime exposes the overall failure of the "War on Cancer" and reveals how yesterday's "quackery" is emerging as the leading edge of tomorrow's medicine. As alternative medicine finally regains its rightful place and enters mainstream practice, this compelling book will not only forever change the way you see medicine but could also save your life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Alternative Therapies - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Cancer - Medical | Oncology - General |
| Dewey: 616.994 |
| LCCN: 99461975 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.07" W x 9.04" (1.43 lbs) 480 pages |
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| Publisher Description: A powerful and substantiated expose of the medical politics that prevents promising alternative cancer therapies from being implemented in the United States. - Focuses on Harry Hoxsey, the subject of the author's award-winning documentary, who claimed to cure cancer using herbal remedies. - Presents scientific evidence supporting Hoxsey's cancer-fighting claims. - Published to coincide with the anticipated 2000 public release of the government-sponsored report finding noteworthy cases of survival among Hoxsey patients. Harry Hoxsey claimed to cure cancer using herbal remedies, and thousands of patients swore that he healed them. His Texas clinic became the world's largest privately owned cancer center with branches in seventeen states, and the value of its therapeutic treatments was upheld by two federal courts. Even his arch-nemesis, the AMA, admitted his treatment was effective against some forms of cancer. But the medical establishment refused an investigation, branding Hoxsey the worst cancer quack of the century and forcing his clinic to Tijuana, Mexico, where it continues to claim very high success rates. Modern laboratory tests have confirmed the anticancer properties of Hoxsey's herbs, and a federal govenment-sponsored report is now calling for a major reconsideration of the Hoxsey therapy. When Healing Becomes a Crime exposes the overall failure of the War on Cancer, while revealing how yesterday's unorthodox treatments are emerging as tomorrow's medicine. It probes other promising unconventional cancer treatments that have also been condemned without investigation, delving deeply into the corrosive medical politics and powerful economic forces behind this suppression. As alternative medicine finally regains its rightful place in mainstream practice, this compelling book will not only forever change the way you see medicine, but could also save your life. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ausubel, Kenny: - Kenny Ausubel, award-winning social entrepreneur, author, journalist and filmmaker, is a Founder and Co-Executive Director of Bioneers, a nationally recognized nonprofit dedicated to disseminating practical and visionary solutions for restoring Earth's imperiled ecosystems and healing our human communities. He acted as a central advisor to Leonardo DiCaprio's feature documentary, The 11th Hour, and appears in the film. |