#2606: Joe Brown

Joe Brown is an Arizona-based naturopath who specializes in cancer treatments, e.g. by “educating patients like Dr Oz on their condition and providing them choices on their treatment plan”. His advice consists of undiluted nonsense, but basically he is “[u]sing an Integrative model, by combining Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Acupuncture, DMSO, Ozone, Graviola, Natural Remedies and Alternative Medicine unlike cancer centers of America, using Naturopathic modalities with the latest scientific research, giving you, the patient, the treatment options you need a Holistic Doctor who provides treatments”. Yes, there are some grammar issues in that passage, and we suspect that they are intended to help sift potential customers by turning away those not potentially in his intended target group.

 

And yes, he claims to be able to treat cancer and be a genuine alternative to conventional treatment – though he admits that his “list of different therapies that are used around the world and maybe discussed with Dr. Brown” contains suggestions that “can only be administered outside of the United States” because the US has at least some standards in place to help protect people in difficult situations from predatory charlatans. The list includes e.g. laetrile, infrared saunas, cranio-sacral therapies and homeopathy, as well as, well, more or less any piece of cancer quackery you may have come across. He also recommends products to “boost the immune system” because of course he does.

 

Indeed, Brown has his own line of supplements, which are as expensive as they are quacky. But he’s got testimonials. And a list of scans of diplomas and awards he has received, not all of which are … equally impressive (we haven’t bothered to try to check what “The Imperial Council of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine” is, for instance). Apparently he’s also “Princeton’s Top Doctor”; it is unclear, to say the least, who, exactly, awarded him that title.

 

Diagnosis: Fairly typical, really, and we don’t remember how or why we took note of him, but good grief: people should be aware he’s out there, with others like him, providing a genuine threat to humanity.