snake oil

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that a Montana drug company agreed to stop selling what it calls unproven treatments for breast cancer and other serious illnesses. Toby McAdam and Greta Armstrong, doing business as Risingsun Health and The Center for Complimentary and...

One of my favorite scenes in Man on the Moon occurs near the end: Andy Kaufman, played by Jim Carrey, is in the Philippines, awaiting a miracle treatment for the cancer that is killing him. Looking over at the doctor, Kaufman sees him hide some chicken gizzards in his hand before pretending to pull...