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Thought this would be of interest to the list since it has been
discussed already.

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> From: DJTabish <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CO-CURE] MED,ACT: Press Release: Judgement for Permanent Injunction
>          Re:False Medical Claims
> Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 2:26 AM
>
> [Forwarded from HealthFraud Alert email listservice.]
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> From:          "Morse Mehrban" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject:       [healthfraud] PRESS RELEASE
> Date:          Tue, 13 Jan 1998 11:43:53 -0500
>
>     In what appears to be a first of its kind civil action against holistic
> healthcare providers in California, the Law Offices of Morse Mehrban today
> obtained a judgment for permanent injunction in Los Angeles County Superior
> Court against Total Health Connection, Inc. and Rysia Musnicki - providers
> of colon cleansing services.  The action was filed last year by a consumer
> advocate in California under that state's "Private Attorney General"
> statutes allowing any person to file an action for injunction and
> restitution against a false advertiser or one engaging in unfair business
> practices.  The injunction will prevent said defendants from making 38
> implicit and explicit representations regarding the benefits of their
> services.
>
>     Morse Mehrban, the attorney for plaintiff Rafat Efraim said, "I hope
> this case will be a wake-up call for the U. S. health industry and peddlers
> of useless health services and products.  If you defraud the public, we
> will come after you.  The Attorneys General, the FDA and the Federal Trade
> Commission have turned their backs against consumers.  This means that
> private citizens must now take the place of the government in protecting
> consumers."
>
>     Defendant Musnicki admitted during the case to practicing colon
> hydrotherapy in California for 35 years.  Her ads have appeared in various
> Los Angeles publications and she regularly appears on public access
> television.  She claimed that her colon cleansing services would relieve
> everything from acne to depression and would even cause weight loss.
>
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