Show Page Millard County 8 LSPS Thun 4 Sept 1986 National Council Health Against Fraud Inc’s Dr William Jarvis for this are the ‘‘profit and the prophet by Dennis Hinkamp Information Writer Utah State University It’s hard to believe but quite a few Utahns fell for a health fraud scam that involved analyzing their signatures to determine if they had ulcers device recentAnother ly found in Utah could tell you any number of diseases you had if you held the device The device could even be waved over the picture of a loved one to determine their diseases Nobody would fall for these scams would they? Sad to say hundreds of people did Quack medicine has always been part ol our culture and probably always will be Two of the reasons identified by the Consumer when the people who arc really trying to make the profit try to get you to believe that it is other people’s ereH that is keeping their product from becoming successful For instance a health promoter who recently visited the Utah State University campus said "Of course the medical profession is opposed to a natuia cure for colds it makes millions of dollars by keeping people sick and selling them drugs that don’t work” People who have had a few bad experiences with doctors are especially They ripe for this type of argument should stop and ask themselves "but doesn't this guy stand to make a lot of me to believe this?" money by getting a good product that In general is motives" The profit motive is fairly easy to plain The free enterprise system is always open to people who are trying to make a quick buck The professional husksters are not interested in longterm profits they want to make as much money as they can in a short time This is why most but not all scam operations work out of a Post Office box or a hotel room Beware of a business that has no permanent roots Indirectly related to the profit motive is the conspiracy motive This might be called the "inverse profit motive” This asthma as being I) sleeping on a pillow smokwith a rabbit’s tail in it and 2) ing a hornet’s nest sound Although these cures more medieval they are not much bizarre than the purchase of thousands of copper bracelets in the past 10 years as a cure for arthritis but The examples are laughable much more quack medicine has a serious side One couple starved their baby to death because they were prac27 day ticing a diet that called for a fist Other parents have killed their by feeding them young children megadoses of vitamins What could motivate someone to foist such lethal advice one people and what could make people belive it? More than just money it is often the The people prophet motive the scam teally believe perpetuating they have found the "truth" and that it is their duty to spread this truth Dr William Jarvis president ol the Health Council National Against Fraud explains the prophet motive like like the this: The quack promoter religious cult evangelist presents a road to salvation explains the penance (fasting dietary changes supplements etc) The promoter does so in an way based on rather than a personal testimonies scientific context Religious beliefs generally cannot be expjained scienhealth praccan neither tifically tices so the promoters say Jarvis says the deadly dimension to this is that the cure like religion becomes dependent on a faith Those who are not cured didn’t have enough faith They blame themselves for not practicing the method of cure correctthan blaming the method ly rather itself Many people have died believing they just didn’t have enough faith Jarvis points out that most quack medicine is not in itself deadly but when it is used in place of proven methods of medicine it can keep people from getting help before it is too late He cites several cases of breast cancer victims who chose to be treated by By that time quack health promoters they discovered the quack medicine wasn’t working the cancer had spread the their bodies to point they through could no longer be helped between For a good comparison health promotion and religious promotion tune to cable TV’s Herbalife show (USA network) and Jerry Falwell’s Old Time Gospel Hour (WTBS) both at 9 pm Sundays The prophet motive Prophet and profit notices of quacks works the way it is supposed to can’t be kept off the market no matter how hard people trv The profit motive is easier to explain and easier to combat than the "prophet" motive which is at the root of many health fraud scams In some respects it is even difficult to call them "scams" in the true sense of the word their promoters have because themselves convinced they are telling the truth week's column looks more Next closely at the prophet motive Nothing splendid has ever been achieved that by those who dared believe inside them was superior to cirBruce Barton except something cumstance d&j (Ob Qfec atf UDb Famous Part two by Dennis Hinkamp Consumer Information Writer Utah State University As discussed in last week’s column the profit motive and the pursuit of the green stuff is behind many of the quack medicine scams However the "prophet" motive is just as much a part of perpetuating health scams The relationship between quack medicine and religion is more than casual settlers in Early European North America brought with them the belief that God placed specific remedies for ailments in the areas where the ailments s the interest in native plants and animals as cures A journal called "Western Folklore" documents two folk medicine cures for last words FROM FRIENDS TO FRIENDS “Are you OK to drive ?” “What's a few beers?” “Did you have too much to drink?” “I'm perfectly fine” "m':Z “Are you in any shape to drive?” “ I've never felt better” ££ Statewide Classified Ads ads in Utah’s comallow you to place munity newspapers throughout your ad in 35 newspapers the state Statewide think you've had a few too many” “You kiddin I can drive with my eyes closed” “I classified 864-221- J One phone call 864-240- Call our classified department and we will explain how the system works help you write your ad and place it in all the association newspapers 4 or “ had too much to drink let me drive” “Nobodij drives my car but me 0 One way One ad You've The way to cover the State of Utah is it is so with a statewide classified ad We can deliver your homes in the State of to ad 170000 “Are you OK to drive?” Whof'”ufew beers?” easy! 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