Miracle cures
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Miracle cures refer to products or practices that make unverified and unbased claims of having the capability to cure serious medical conditions, like Alzheimer's disease and cancer.[1] Typically, these types of products attempt to lure in customers by making irrational claims that the product can come with long-lasting health benefits, also using exaggerated and extravagant phrases like "scientific breakthrough", or "miraculous cure". Products like this also pray on the desperateness of those who have not found a cure from modern medicine, as they turn to other sources to attempt to find cures.[2]
Miracle cures are also largely regarded as a scam, as prices for the products or services are extremely expensive, while still posing no health benefits and sometimes actually posing a danger to one's health.[3]
Method of attraction[edit]
Miracle cures typically lure in victims using advertisements across various websites and social media sites, such as Facebook.[4] They also usually send out emails of their products or services.[5] They in particular target older audiences and people with already existing health conditions, as older people may be less experienced and more gullible, and people with crippling health conditions may be more likely to buy into these scams as a result of becoming desperate for a cure to their condition or disease. They also target people by using religious claims to tap into people's spiritual beliefs, taking advantage of people and making them more likely to buy into the scams.[6][7][8] Many of the people behind these scams are labeled as con artists.
Notable miracle cures[edit]
Main article: Miracle Mineral Supplement
Miracle Mineral Supplement is a solution of chlorine dioxide that was falsely marketed as a cure for a variety of illnesses and conditions, like autism and cancer.[9]
Counteraction of miracle cures[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Miracle Cures: Health Information for Older People". Consumer Advice. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ↑ Benjamin Radford (2006-07-29). "Medical 'Miracles' Not Supported by Evidence". livescience.com. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ↑ "Phony 'Miracle' Products Used in Health Fraud Schemes". 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ↑ by, Written (2019-07-04). "Facebook's down-ranking those 'miracle cure' health posts we all hate". Sophos News. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ↑ "Miracle cure scams target vulnerable people with false hope | Rightly". right.ly. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ↑ "Shameless: The High Priests of Snake Oil Offer Miracle Cures". ABC News. 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ↑ "Bageshwar Dham Sarkar: The Indian guru making headlines over 'miracle' cures". BBC News. 2023-02-05. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ↑ Service, Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News (2016-02-17). "African Countries Clamp Down on Churches Tied to 'Miracle Cures'". Sojourners. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ↑ Sirucek, Stefan (2015-03-12). "The Parents Who Give Their Children Bleach Enemas to 'Cure' Them of Autism". Vice. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
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