Comments for Majikthyse http://majikthyse.wordpress.com In search of the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything Sat, 11 May 2013 15:52:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Too Impressed by their own Cleverness? by Daniel L. Scholten http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/too-impressed-by-their-own-cleverness/#comment-800 Sat, 11 May 2013 15:52:13 +0000 http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/?p=398#comment-800 Nice job! Very detailed and no-holds barred review. Above my head for now, but understanding it is on my to-do list. I admit that I really like Hickey and Roberts book. It really doesn’t look anything like your typical pseudo-science, at least to me, but I take your criticisms as legitimate and am very grateful that you took the time to write this review!

]]> Comment on The Burzynski Soap Opera by Neil Thackray (@neilthackray) http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-burzynski-soap-opera/#comment-798 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:46:11 +0000 http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-798 Of all those GB patients listed, they are all dead except Laura and Hannah who are still “in treatment”. and Chiane who didn’t go to Burzynski.

]]> Comment on The Burzynski Soap Opera by Burzynski Q&A | Dianthus Medical http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-burzynski-soap-opera/#comment-797 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:05:06 +0000 http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-797 [...] his trials are of such poor quality that no reputable journal would touch them. Maybe his trials violate generally accepted ethical standards, which would also mean that no reputable journal would publish them. This is pure speculation [...]

]]> Comment on The Burzynski Soap Opera by Cancer » Blog Archive » Science-Based Medicine » Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski's cancer … http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-burzynski-soap-opera/#comment-787 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:23:30 +0000 http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-787 [...] therapy except in the context of a clinical trial. Despite that, Dr. Burzynski has set up quite the cottage industry in which patients pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for the “privilege” of being treated on [...]

]]> Comment on The Burzynski Soap Opera by Science-Based Medicine » Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski’s cancer “success” stories update: Why is the release of the Burzynski sequel being delayed? http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-burzynski-soap-opera/#comment-786 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 04:56:08 +0000 http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-786 [...] therapy except in the context of a clinical trial. Despite that, Dr. Burzynski has set up quite the cottage industry in which patients pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for the “privilege” of being [...]

]]> Comment on The Burzynski Soap Opera by Farooq Ali http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-burzynski-soap-opera/#comment-758 Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:41:33 +0000 http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-758 Burzynsky, as well as several other “alternative medicine” practitioners and their methods are hyped and supported in the US by several prominent “Medihyperazzi” who earn megabucks from online aggressive marketing of expensive but useless products to desperate patients. These medihyperazzi or medihypesters always put forth the refrain that the imminent Nobel Laureates whom they endorse are being persecuted by The Establishment and Big Pharma who fear loss of profits from orthodox medical treatment (usually referred to by pejorative designations such as “slash and burn”), who would otherwise be cured by the alternative medicine treatments. Their obscene marketeering profits from their endorsed products enable them to hire batteries of high-powered lawyers to filibuster and otherwise protect them from action by regulatory agencies. As disparaged in (responsible) medical journalism, their products are always described as “amazing, miraculous, mind-boggling.. etc. etc” with the usual online marketing gimmicks such as “this amazing, miraculous, mind-boggling product, hitherto available only from an exotic source at $ or Eu 999.99 is offered from this site at only $ or Eu 499.99 only if you order by credit card in the next 10 minutes, plus $ or Eu 399.99 shipping and handling! As a bonus we will waive shipping and handling if you subscribe to our (newsletter, monthly purchase service, etc) with automated payments from your bank account or credit card at only $ or Eu 99.99 per month. Terms and Conditions apply. (Ten pages of legal jargon with liberal use of indemnify, hold harmless and other caveat emptor words and phrases for the purchaser to initial and sign are appended). In my ten years plus study of “alternative medicine” I have found it to be 99% marketing hype and BS, often invoking anecdotal, paranormal or fantasy elements in descriptions and testimonials. Add the 1% possible real benefits to the 30% placebo effect even with well informed patients gives a 31% therapeutic advantage to these treatments over no treatment. And so this industry thrives, as does narcotics peddling. Educating the public about the format of these scams, as does “Quackwatch” seems to be a good option, please circulate this opinion if you consider it valid.

]]> Comment on The Burzynski Soap Opera by Burzynski blogs: My Master List | Josephine Jones http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-burzynski-soap-opera/#comment-750 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:43:42 +0000 http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-750 [...] The Burzynski Soap Opera majikthyse, 09/02/13 [...]

]]> Comment on The Burzynski Soap Opera by MedTek http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-burzynski-soap-opera/#comment-749 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:10:58 +0000 http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-749 Why does it matter? It doesn’t. I just found it interesting that either the website development or the actual export of ANP to international clients is being handled out of CA.

]]> Comment on The Burzynski Soap Opera by MedTek http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-burzynski-soap-opera/#comment-748 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 15:07:40 +0000 http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-748 Pediatricusa.com gives an address of
1150 El Camino Real Suite 141
San Bruno, CA 94066
ph: 6505805111

This is actually a shopping mall, the suite is occupied by Dart Ops, a gaming arena: http://dartops.com/

The phone number given has been used to register several other sites:
ownlegacy.com
pediatricmeds.com
ownlegacy.net
dartops.com

Pediatricmeds.com is a dead site currently. Wayback doesn’t really show anything useful.

Pediatricusa.com is a godaddy site.

The owner of Dart Ops lists Burzynski among his favorites on Facebook.

]]> Comment on The Burzynski Soap Opera by mark mca http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/the-burzynski-soap-opera/#comment-747 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 14:29:21 +0000 http://majikthyse.wordpress.com/?p=389#comment-747 According to Count Burz’s hilarious grandstanding CV*, he owns the trademarks on those drug names.

*Seriously, you have to see it – includes such gems as being ‘one of the youngest people to qualify as a doctor in Poland, aged 24′, (eg. at the same age as every other med student finishing the normal 6yr course) and lists some of his 212 patents including anti-cancer toothpaste (I shit you not).

Oh yes, the scumbag claims to be a real Count as well. Just like he’s a real doctor.

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