Guys, when you saw the names "Hannity and Colmes" that should have been enough to tell you it was bogus.
L B S --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Alex Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Here is the article from Quackwatch. Notice there is no > > mention of any Nobel-prize nominated work. A read-through > > will make pretty clear why. > > I sniffed around Google and found this: > > http://uspolitics.about.com/b/a/2005_03_23.htm > > About the Schiavo "Nobel Prize Nominated" Doctor > Amended 23 March. NewsMax reports that Dr. William Hammesfahr > "believes that Terri Schiavo can recover with proper treatment." > NewsMax -- along with FOX, MSNBC, the National Review and Dr. > Hammesfahr's website -- indicates that he was nominated for the Nobel > Prize in 1999. > > From Nobel Prize FAQ (emphasis added): > > 3. Has X been nominated as a candidate for the Nobel Prize, or > where do I find a list of Nobel Prize nominees? > > According to the Statutes of the Nobel Foundation, information > about the nominations is not to be disclosed, publicly or privately, > for a period of fifty years. The restriction not only concerns the > nominees and nominators, but also investigations and opinions in the > awarding of a prize. Nomination information older than fifty years is > public. > > So, if he had been truly nominated -- he would be violating > fundamental Nobel Foundation principles to say that. The 50 year vow > of silence is up in 2049. But wait. There's more. > > The Tampa Tribune reported in 2003 that the Nobel Prize nomination > was a letter written by Hammesfahr's Congressman to the Nobel > committee. > > The Nobel Prize website articulates the nomination procedure: a > letter from a Congressman isn't on the list. Does the Nobel Committee > consider these "informal" nominations? In a word: no. (and a nod to > News Hounds) > > The Florida court found Hammesfahr's 2002 testimony in the Schiavo > case to be anecdotal. A quick review of the handful of published > research on his web site makes that judgment abundantly clear. It > reminds me of the "doctor-by-mail-order" materials that land by the > truckload in my parents' mailbox each month. > > Censured by Florida Board of Medicine > In 2003, the Florida Board of Medicine fined him $2,000 for billing a > patient for services not received, forced him to pay $52,000 in court > costs, and directed him to perform 100 hours of community service. > (cite - pdf) The Board of Medicine also > > ruled that Hammesfahr's treatment of stroke patients, using a > procedure he has claimed could help Terri Schiavo, was "not within > the generally accepted standard of care" (Finding of Fact No. 55, PDF > p. 33), it declined to rule that the treatment was harmful to his > patients and noted that some patients improved after treatment. > (cite) > > In March 2004, an appeals court determined that Hammesfahr did charge > a patient $3,000 for three days of services; however, the patient > received only two days of services. The appeals court reversed the > fine: > > The record contains competent, substantial evidence to support > the Board's finding that the patient enrolled in a $3000 > treatment program but only received a $2000 treatment program. > However, the record does not contain clear and convincing evidence to > support the Board's conclusion that the overcharge was the result > of exploitation for financial gain under section 458.331(1)(n)... At > best, the facts in this case provide a basis for a civil contract > dispute between the parties. > > Compares Stroke Treatment to Oxygen-Deprived Brain Injury > On 18 March, he was interviewed on Christian Broadcasting Network's > 700 Club, where he reportedly said that "about 40 percent of his > patients are worse than Terri, yet have seen remarkable progress. He > says Terri would do just as well." (cite) > > Note that Schiavo did not have a stroke. A stroke is caused by > reduced blood flow to the brain. (My mother had a stroke; I'm > familiar with the cause and effects.) Schiavo's brain injury is due > to reduced oxygen flow. > > For the record, I started pursuing this before I ran across it at > MediaMatters. All it took was one look at his website -- which > screams "no credibility" -- to hit Google. A former patient > (self-reported) had already found the Nobel Prize information: it > shows up in a discussion board using the Google search string > [Hammesfahr nobel prize nominee]. > > I am appalled that mainstream journalists have not done this basic > vetting. > > According to Media Matters, both FOX and MSNBC have had this man on > screen, introducing him as a Nobel Prize nominee. He has been held up > as a "world-renowned expert" and Nobel Prize nominee by the National > Review -- a publication that, until now, I thought of as > journalistically sound with a conservative editorial policy. But when > it -- along with MSNBC -- is keeping company with LifeNews, BP News, > The Conservative Voice, Florida Baptist Witness, the Elmira (NY) > Journal, the Christian Broadcasting Network, and World Net Daily ... > that journalistically-sound premise shatters. > 02:15 AM # To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
