th - here's his latest promotion...GBIS
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From: jmhollen Saturday, Nov 1, 2003 12:03 AM
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GBIS now listed and apparently rattling the lid on high simmer.....
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John :-)
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He's obviously upset at me for some reason, and has blocked me from HIS threads...
"You have been excluded from posting messages to this subject.
Please contact the originator of the thread or SI to resolve the situation."
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From: jmhollen Saturday, Nov 1, 2003 12:03 AM
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Oh well, I'm sure he'll find this on the threads he doesn't control -
Complaint about Enermed medical device advertising in Canada
This is an official complaint against a medical device marketed in an advertisement in the Toronto Star on June 18, 2000, page A10.
Click on picture to see original
healthwatcher.net.
Complaint made to Advertising Standards Council, Health Canada, the Competition Bureau, the U.S. Federal Trades Commission, the U.S. FDA, Allan Rock, Canada's Minister of Health, Elizabeth Witmer, Ontario Minister of Health, and to the management of the Toronto Star.
Enermed makes unproved claims for device to treat MS and Migraines
Here is the text of the advertisement.
Relief from Migraines
& Multiple Sclerosis
The Enermed is a non-invasive, pulsed electromagnetic therapy
which has provided symptomatic relief to 75% of migraine sufferers
and to 77% of MS patients in Enermed Centres in
Vancouver and/or Mississauga*.
Take advantage of the 100% refund policy on the Enermed device cost
for new patients who do not see improvement in their symptoms.
Appointments now available in Mississauga Enermed Centre on
June 23/24/25th, 2000
Clinic Tel.: 905-276-2466; or 604-602-0983
mailto:info@enermed.com enermed.com
Health Canada Medical Device Establishment License #608
*Patient Survey
Registration for WWW.ENERMED.COM WEB SITE
www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois?STRING=www.enermed.com
Registrant:
Energy Medicine Developments (North America) Inc.
(ENERMED-DOM)
#104-630 Columbia St
New Westminster, BC V3M 1A5
CA
Domain Name: ENERMED.COM
Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
Fletcher, Bob (BF4821) enermed@DIRECT.CA
Energy Medicine Developments (North America) Inc.
#104-630 Columbia St
New Westminster, BC V3M 1A5
CA
604-522-8618 (FAX) 604-522-9896
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Administration, DNS (NA979) dnsadmin@IDIRECT.COM
ID Internet Direct Ltd
5415 Dundas Street West, Suite 301
Toronto
On
M9B 1B5
CA
416-233-7150 (FAX) 416-233-6970
Record last updated on 25-Jun-1999.
Record expires on 19-Dec-2000.
Record created on 19-Dec-1998.
Database last updated on 18-Jun-2000 16:13:29 EDT.
Domain servers in listed order:
CNS1.IDIRECT.COM 207.136.66.20
CNS2.IDIRECT.COM 207.136.80.18
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Who is Enermed?
Do they have a business license in Mississauga?
Do they have medical doctors associated with them?
A phone lookup revealed that the phone number was registered to:
Enermed Centre
2085 Hurontario - Suite 300
COOKSVILLE, Ontario
www.enermed.com/loc.htm -- a list of their locations.
www.enermed.com/comm.htm - testimonials
www.enermed.com/ms.htm -- MS testimonials
In reality 2085 Hurontario St. - Suite 300 has been used by dozens of
companies over the years. It's the Southgate Business Centre.
etp.electronictradingpost.ca
Southgate Business Centre
2085 Hurontario Street
Suite 300
Mississauga Ontario L5A 4G1
Canada
Email: jaz-sgate300@on.aibn.com
Phone: 905-949-4444
Fax: 905-896-0391
It's basically a shared office space. Anyone can rent there, it's not a
permanent location.
For instance Enermed has booked an office for three days in June to sell
their devices.
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Academic links to Enermed at the University of Washington
depts.washington.edu/chdd/MRDDRC/devneurosci/richards.html - Dr. Todd
Richards, PhD
faculty.washington.edu/toddr/magnetic.htm -- Claims of success
from Todd Richards, U. of Washington staff PhD in the department of
radiology.
faculty.washington.edu/toddr/ - Richards also links to the Procarin
patch, which is another untested magic bullet, and potential scam that
has been in Toronto for months. He has applied to do the Procarin study
at Bastyr University, a naturopathic school in Washington State. So far
funding has not been arranged, but that hasn't stopped Dr. George
Gillson, and his entourage from travelling to this country to sell the
patches to unsuspecting MS victims.
Note that the article appeared in the J Altern Complement Med. - This is
not a journal that one would ordinarily look to for leading edge and
scientifically supported articles. We don't know if the study has been
repeated and confirmed since 1997.
What, no registration...... why should you worry?
We can find no FDA clearance or registration for the Enermed device.
fda.gov
They claim in this statement to have approval to market in Canada:
enermed.com
"The device is licenced with the Canadian Health Protection Branch for
sale in Canada. It is not, at this time, approved for sale in the USA.
We continue to undertake double blind placebo controlled studies, and
will continue the research required to meet FDA approval criteria."
I don't find Enermed in a Canadian patents search:
patents1.ic.gc.ca
In fact, there isn't even a Trademark for it, even in the pending file
as of June 13, 2000
strategis.ic.gc.ca
The U.S. Patent office has no record of it:
trademarks.uspto.gov
Warning - unproved devices may not harm you,
but they may rob you blind
Enermed researcher say that they base their device on original research from the U.K. We have alerted HealthWatch in the U.K. to see if they can come up with a trail that would substantiate the claims made by the Enermed company that the device originated in research in the early 90s. We ask that they circulate this letter to officials in the U.K. who might have something to contribute. Health Canada makes these comments (Adope .pdf format)
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hpb-dgps/therapeut/zfiles/english/publicat/iyh_electro_e.pdf
This clearly states that no device can make claims like the Enermed device.
I really saddens me that the Toronto Star, and other papers continues to take advertisements week after week that are obviously in violation of Health Canada regulations.
When are we finally going to get a written explanation from the editors of The Star that they are wrong in accepting this deceptive type of advertising.
I have been complaining for years, and have received no response from them. When Health Canada stands by and does nothing at the quackboosting events in Toronto year after year, we are not expecting miracles.
When someone spends $1,000 or more to purchase an unproved Enermed device to treat their MS or migraine, this certainly could qualify for criminal charges being placed by the Federal government.
On the other hand, when Hulda Clark invaded Toronto last March, she sold devices to treat cancer, and other diseases, and Health Canada stood around and did nothing. What are we paying our taxes for in Canada? Is the government going to hire Enermed to help design an electromagnetic device department in downtown Hamilton when the dump $100 million in their laps?
The fact remains that the advertiser who placed the advertisement in the Toronto Star, and possibly other places has said that Health Canada has assigned a #608 to this product. We frankly don't have a clue what that means. It does not show up on their registration page, the patent page, or the trademark page. It could be that it hasn't been posted yet. WE are waiting for a confirmation by phone from Ottawa.
Meanwhile, we ask that Health Canada investigate the claims made by Enermed, and we ask that the media refrain from publishing any more advertisements for this "medical device" until they have verified it with Health Canada's Health Protection Branch.
If Health Canada has approved this device, why can't we find it anywhere? If they haven't approved it, then the advertisement is false, and anyone who buys one has a right to recover their costs.
Comments from others on efficacy of Enermed
www.msfacts.org/enermed.htm -- letter concerning Enermed study and answer from Enermed spokesperson
www.msfacts.org/indexold1.htm -- MSF - Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
MSAA spokesperson commented on June 19, 2000
"..the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) did fund the Enermed study. In 1997, MSAA provided Energy Medicine Development (EMD) of Vancouver with $300,000 to conduct a three-site pilot and pivotal study regarding the use of pulsed, low-level electromagnetic field therapy and multiple sclerosis. The study was seeking U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for the Enermed device in the treatment of bladder dysfunction and spasticity in those with MS.
Although the results of the study were encouraging, the data for these two treatment modalities were not statistically significant, and thus, EMD did not submit the data to the FDA. The study did produce statistically significant results for the treatment of fatigue. As a result, EMD is hoping to conduct another Enermed clinical trail for FDA-approval - this time focusing on fatigue and MS. At this time, MSAA has not committed funds for the proposed study.
Note: The MSAA also has a link to Noni juice on its web page! |
