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August 1999 Cover
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The Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on medical deception on the Internet through its Operation Cure All. On two "health claims surf days" in 1997
and 1998, investigators from around the world located 400 sites per session that had questionable offers. Phony cures were being offered for 30 diseases-- including
AIDS, multiple sclerosis, liver disease, and cancer-- and ran the gamut from shark cartilage to magnets. The FTC has reached settlements with four of the offenders, but
there are so many more that officials say they cannot take action against all of them. More than 22 million U.S. adults searched for healthcare information on the Internet
last year.
Editor's Note: from the New York Times
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