Ben Carson Has Had Ties to Dietary Supplement Firm That Faced Legal Challenge
Source: WSJ
Faced with a prostate-cancer diagnosis more than a decade ago, Ben Carson consulted an unusual source: the medical director of a Texas company that sells nutritional supplements made of substances such as larch-tree bark and aloe vera extract.
The company doctor prescribed a regimen of supplements, Mr. Carson told its sales associates in a 2004 speech. Within about three weeks my symptoms went away, and I was really quite amazed, he said to loud applause, according to a YouTube video of the event. The candidate today is cancer-free after surgery. He told associates of the company, Mannatech Inc., that he initially considered forgoing surgery and treating the cancer with supplements only.
Mr. Carson, who is running near the front in the GOP presidential contest, has never held public office and holds up his career as a pediatric neurosurgeon as one of his chief credentials. In a contrast some medical researchers find jarring, he has also had a long and personal involvement with Mannatech, a company that has weathered scrutiny from state and federal officials over allegedly improper health claims for its products.
The company in 2009 settled false-advertising charges brought by the Texas attorney generals office, which alleged Mannatech had permitted deceptive and illegal miracle-cure testimonials at sales meetings and allowed materials circulated by associates suggesting its products could treat or even cure Down Syndrome, cystic fibrosis, autism, cancer and other serious ills. The Texas AGs civil complaint said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had notified Mannatech on multiple occasions that its marketing materials made illegal drug claims.
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Without admitting wrongdoing, Mannatech and a co-founder paid a total of $7 million to settle the civil charges. The company agreed to avoid false marketing claims, and the co-founder agreed not to serve as an officer or director for five years. Today Mannatech has new leadership and says it rigorously enforces its compliance rules.
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rocktivity
(44,555 posts)rocktivity
mercuryblues
(14,491 posts)that he didn't say he operated on himself.
He claims the supplements "cured" him, but still had surgery. Why would he need surgery if he was cured?
I seriously think Carson has something physically wrong with him that effects his mental state.
dembotoz
(16,739 posts)mercuryblues
(14,491 posts)is physical problem. His head is so far up his ass that he has shit for brains.