Crackdown on Unproven Cancer Treatments Focuses on Internet Marketers

Text Categorization Models for Identifying Unproven Cancer Treatments on the Web

The nature of the internet as a non-peer-reviewed (and largely unregulated) publication medium has allowed wide-spread promotion of inaccurate and unproven medical claims in unprecedented scale. Patients with conditions that are not currently fully treatable are particularly susceptible to unproven and dangerous promises about miracle treatments. In extreme cases, fatal adverse outcomes have be...

Attention focuses on autism.

US legislators propose crackdown on toxic cosmetics.

cosmetics regulation, American legislators are proposing that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) be given the authority to ensure that personal-care products, including cosmetics, are free of harmful ingredients and that their labels fully disclose all components. The proposed “Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011” would give FDA the authority to demand safety assessments of cosmetics i...

Alltech Symposium focuses on sustainability

In the general session, Declan Coyle from Ireland looked at building high performance teams. In this he stressed the importance in difficult times of having inspired leaders who had vision – people who ‘saw it and were it’. These people must have high visions and be focused on them. He highlighted the importance of selfimage, goals and values and, interestingly, highlighted how children aged fo...

Cancer, Unproven Therapies, and Magic

In this issue of Oncology, Dr. Wein presents a thoughtful discussion on the use of unproven therapies by cancer patients. He attempts to explain the rationale and motives behind such use, and the challenges faced by oncologists when encountering patients who embrace them. This commentary further highlights important issues, and provides alternative viewpoints. Although no set of terms is ideal,...