One you might want to consider is laetrile which is obtained from the seeds of apricots. From Wordnik.com. [The small c and me « BuzzMachine] Reference
To bypass this process, especially to get unauthorized and usually futile treatments such as laetrile or krebiozen, cancer patients must travel outside the United States, to Mexico, for example. From Wordnik.com. [Will to Live] Reference
I assume this is the origin of interest in laetrile. From Wordnik.com. [Doctors, drugs and money | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.] Reference
I mean, are you talking homeopathy or laetrile, orwhat?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Parked Mustang Test of Environmental Progress] Reference
So when we can't, is it any wonder they turn to laetrile?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
If you doubt it, just see how many ads pop up when you Google "laetrile.". From Wordnik.com. [A Big Dose of Skepticism] Reference
So people "treated" with laetrile felt better because didn't feel the cancer. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Reinbach: Rand Paul and the Road to Perdition] Reference
Among the most active laetrile promoters: Dr. Larry McDonald, President of the JBS. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Reinbach: Bloodstained Politics] Reference
I smell whiffs of laetrile here … or compounds to keep snakes from getting rusty…. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » “Lapdogs” and the FDL Book Salon] Reference
Burton had previously distinguished himself by his support for laetrile, the quack cancer remedy. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of a Scare] Reference
Many studies proved that the active ingredient in laetrile is hydrogen cyanide, which the liver turns into pure cyanide. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Reinbach: Bloodstained Politics] Reference
His mother wanted to administer a very unusual unorthodox treatment, laetrile (ph), which was proved not to be a cure for cancer. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 31, 2003] Reference
The bottom line: The JBS, through its future chairman, Dr. Larry McDonald, promoted and profited from the laetrile fraud of the 1970s. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Reinbach: Rand Paul and the Road to Perdition] Reference
McDonald was elected to Congress in 1974; when he declared for the Seventh District, he turned his laetrile practice over to a Dr. Robert C. Shuman of Marietta. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Reinbach: Bloodstained Politics] Reference
If, for example, the government was preventing the dying from being defrauded, as with laetrile, that would, it seems to me, clearly justify government regulation. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Abigail Alliance and the Declaration of Independence:] Reference
If Cherrix was using laetrile -- another cancer "cure," that the FDA managed to banish from the U.S. that has now become a synonym for quackery -- would the coverage be different?. From Wordnik.com. [Maia Szalavitz: Starchild Cherrix Case: "Alternative" Medicine V. "Quackery"?] Reference
In the mid-'70s, right wing groups like the John Birch Society (JBS), the Posse Comitatus, and the Liberty Lobby were promoting something they called a miracle cancer cure; laetrile. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Reinbach: Bloodstained Politics] Reference
And how do YOU regard chelation therapy and laetrile?. From Wordnik.com. [Knight Science Journalism Tracker] Reference
It is this seed that is rich in natural laetrile (Vitamin B17). From Wordnik.com. [Shaister Miester Do Da] Reference
Most people take laetrile (Vitamin B17) in the form of apricot kernels. From Wordnik.com. [Shaister Miester Do Da] Reference
He considers the seeds an alternative treatment for cancer; they contain laetrile, which some people consider a cancer-fighting agent. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
The products marketed by the companies include essiac teas and other herbal mixtures, as well as laetrile, black salve, and mushroom extracts. From Wordnik.com. [KWCH - KWCH.com RSS] Reference
The products the companies marketed include essiac teas and other herbal mixtures, laetrile, black salve-a corrosive ointment-and mushroom extracts. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Defender] Reference
The official trials by the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA), which had banned laetrile even before the trials had begun, were declared negative. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Products marketed by the companies included essiac teas and other herbal mixtures, laetrile, black salve (a corrosive ointment), and mushroom extracts. From Wordnik.com. [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference
The products the companies marketed include essiac teas and other herbal mixtures, laetrile, black salve - a corrosive ointment - and mushroom extracts. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
The companies marketed products that included essiac teas and other herbal mixtures, laetrile, black salve-which is a corrosive ointment-and mushroom extracts. From Wordnik.com. [NewsInferno] Reference
His parents had fled there with their son to treat his cancer with laetrile and a special diet, a decision the boy's doctors back in Massachusetts had fought in court. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Mobile phone is dirtier than toilet flush handle] Reference
They promote unproven †"and potentially dangerous â€" remedies like black salve, essiac tea, or laetrile with claims that the products are both “natural†and effective. From Wordnik.com. [CAMLAW : Complementary And Alternative Medicine Law Blog] Reference
But as a faith-based believer in pseudoscience she’ll probably choose a naturopath with a supply of laetrile and an orgone box. From Wordnik.com. [Argento v. Coulter - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
ID is the laetrile of science. From Wordnik.com. [There "They" go again! - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
This happened, for instance with laetrile. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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