Health Fraud with EPFX machines and others

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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/medicaldevices/ The machines they believed inThe EPFX's slick and sophisticated graphics may impress, but no scientific research shows that energy machines can diagnose or cure medical problems. This session was at the Puyallup Fair in 2007. The booth, operated by several practitioners, was visited by more than 400 people who paid $20 for half-hour sessions. ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMESThe people who diedKaren McBethKaren McBeth, of Seattle, whose cancer had spread, spent $17,000 on one of William Nelson's EPFX machines. Her family said traveling to treatments robbed her of precious time with them. JoAnn Burggraf JoAnn Burggraf, of Oklahoma, sought EPFX treatment for joint pain because she didn't trust doctors. Undiagnosed leukemia painfully racked her body before finally killing her. Multimedia Video | Machines on display at the 2007 Puyallup FairVideo | Nelson's training videosYouTube video of Nelson performing as Desiré DubounetVideo | William Nelson mocking the FDAAudio | Interview with William NelsonPhoto Gallery | William NelsonNelson's empireFederal fugitive William Nelson has created a global, multi-million dollar empire that began in Colorado during the late 1980s when he sold 139 of his homemade medical devices. Today from Budapest, his sales and training network spans 32 countries. Nelson's global empire (PDF) Part 2 Public never warned about dangerous device Panos Pappas calls the PAP-IMI "modern scientific alchemy" and "micro-lightning." Others call it "a piece of junk" and "the worst of the newest technologies." While the FDA prohibited using the machine for any medical treatment in 2005, The Seattle Times found PAP-IMIs in use in at least five states, including Washington. Illegal devices shut off in Issaquah, Bellevue PAP-IMI fan sought military study The PAP-IMI in the U.S. Photo Gallery | The PAP-IMIALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMESPayayiotis Samaras, 65, has the tumor on his neck treated with a PAP-IMI twice a week in Pappas' Athens office, at no cost. Sammas claims the growth was huge, puffy and a deep blue and is now greatly reduced in size. Multimedia AudioAudio interview with Panos Pappas, inventor of the PAP-IMIVideo PAP-IMI commercial with "Grizzly Adams" actor PAP-IMI executive purports the device saved livesPart 3 Teen's death hastened by practitioner who had bogus diplomasThe Seattle Times has found that scores of "energy medicine" practitioners are graduates of a multimillion-dollar industry that gives them deceptive credentials. These people buy the appearance of legitimacy through an international network of unaccredited health-care schools and murky trade associations. COURTESY THE FLANAGAN FAMILYThe last hours: Cancer patient Sean Flanagan is joined by his family the same day he was treated by Brian O'Connell. He died the next day, six months sooner than medical doctors had predicted