C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition will be named tonight as one of the One Hundred by Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in recognition of its work to advance the fight against cancer.
A gala dinner is planned for June 2 at the Westin Boston Waterfront beginning at 6 p.m.
C3 advocate Marilia Sardinha will accept the award on behalf of C3 staff and advocates. Read the rest of this entry »
Some older customers were told that they could stop taking prescription drugs if they bought a dietary supplement. Others heard that they could reduce their insulin or stop using it altogether.
Sellers promised that supplements would prevent high blood pressure or Alzheimer’s. Some said the supplements could cure cancer.
During an investigation by the General Accounting Office, GAO investigators reviewed claims on websites selling dietary supplements and visited or phoned retail stores posing as elderly customers. They found that the sellers broke FDA rules that forbid them to say that supplements can prevent, treat, or cure disease. Some advice they gave customers was dangerous.
