Hulda Clark's Tijuana Cancer Clinic
The "zapper," the parasite theory, and the patients who paid with their lives.
Cancer Quackery
Brian Clement & the Hippocrates Health Institute
A Florida "massage establishment" marketed itself to dying cancer patients across Canada.
Stem Cell Centers
A U.S. clinic chain recruits elderly Canadians at a Kitchener hotel seminar, March 2019.
Michigan Integrative Health
A chiropractor pitches stem cell injections to 80–100 elderly Kitchener residents, January 2020.
Kurt Donsbach: A Career of Health Fraud
Unlicensed Tijuana clinics, federal tax evasion, and an 11-felony-count arrest in 2009.
DCA: The Cottage Industry Built on an Unapproved Cancer Drug
How an early-stage University of Alberta molecule became a self-medicated online phenomenon.
Ravi Devgan, MD: Canada's Convicted Cancer Quack
A licensed physician who advertised a banned cancer product on his own website.
Nicholas Gonzalez: Coffee Enemas, Radionics, and a $1.4 Million Grant
A discredited 1920s diagnostic device and a federal research grant, despite a malpractice judgment.
Biopulse: Insulin Coma Therapy and Stock Fraud in Tijuana
A publicly traded company, medically induced comas, and two shutdowns by Mexican health officials.
Dave Wickware: Ginseng, a Fake PhD, and a Dying Child
An unlicensed Kitchener-Waterloo clinic targets the family of a three-year-old with a terminal brain tumour.
Zoetron / CSCT: Electromagnetic Cancer Fraud
$15,000 up front for a bogus device — and no criminal charges for roughly 850 victims.
David Chuah and California's Cancer Quacks
An unlicensed "biochemist" and a disciplined physician running a Studio City clinic.
Tyrell Dueck's Tragedy
A 13-year-old's court battle over chemotherapy, a Tijuana clinic, and a national news story, 1999.
Bill O'Neill & the Canadian Cancer Research Group
A police warrant, a CTV exposé, and one of Canada's most dubious cancer operations.
Gerson Therapy
A century-old coffee-enema cancer "cure" with a documented body count.
Full Cancer Quackery Archive
The original, larger archive of cancer-fraud cases dating back to the early 2000s.
Synergy / Truehope & EMPowerplus
David Gilbert & the Pitch at St. Joseph's Hospital
A two-hour EMPowerplus pitch to psychiatric patients at a Hamilton hospital, April 2001.
Taking the Case to the Profession: London Psychiatric Hospital
The documentary rebuttal presented to psychiatric residents and staff, November 2004.
Peter Warren, AM 980 CFPL Interview
Truehope's day in court, Hulda Clark's appeals win, and a harassment threat unfolding live on air.
MLM & Network Marketing Health Claims
Mark Yarnell & the Legacy for Life / Immune26 Conference Call
A recorded MLM opportunity call, in Yarnell's own words, December 2001.
Scientology & Related
Hulda Clark's Scientology Ties
Documented Scientology connections within Hulda Clark's Tijuana clinic network.
RFK Jr., Wisner Baum, and the War on Antidepressants
A federal psychiatric-overprescribing policy that mirrors decades of Scientology CCHR advocacy.
Gabriele Sutton & the CAM Franchise Network
Gabriele Sutton and the CAM Franchise Network
A decade-long trail of fraud, invented credentials, and a targeted vulnerable communities, 1997–2009.
Leonard Horowitz & the Consumer Health Organization
Leonard Horowitz at the University of Toronto
An anti-vaccine "healing celebration" on campus, May 2000.
Psychic Surgery & Faith Healing
Adam Dreamhealer
The Ronnie Hawkins story, national media coverage with no critical scrutiny, and 25 years of unproven claims.
Global Frontline Nurses & CNO Discipline Cases
Global Frontline Nurses
A January 6, 2021 Capitol steps rally led to Ontario nursing discipline proceedings.
WHO & Global Health Policy
WHO's Global Push for Traditional Medicine
A BMJ editorial warns the WHO's own strategy lowers the evidentiary bar for alternative medicine.
Resources
Report Health Fraud
Where to report health product fraud in Canada, the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and the E.U.
Canada's Quackbuster Files
Dr. Polevoy's upcoming book — three decades of investigations, coming this fall.