Newsgroup: it.salute
Titolo: Re: Il caso del DR. Tullio Simoncini , alla ribalta !

 wrote:
 
 
Non c'è bisogno di perdere tempo con quella roba, basta sapere che il tizio
è stato condannato per truffa e omicidio colposo e, a causa di ciò, radiato
dall'ordine dei medici. È solo grazie all'indulto che non è finito dietro
le sbarre.
 
Quello che lui sostiene ha la stessa credibilità del fatto che la luna sia
fatta di formaggio.
 
Poi se volete veramente farvi curare da un personaggio del genere sono
cazzi vostri (e scusate il francesismo).
 
 
 
 
-- 
Legge di Murphy 8^ Corollario: I cretini sono sempre piu' ingegnosi delle
precauzioni che si prendono per impedirgli di nuocere.

 cazzi vostri (e scusate il francesismo).
 
guarda, è alla ribalta anche sui siti internazionali! :D
 
file:///d:/Documenti/simoncini.shtml
 
Be Wary of Simoncini Cancer Therapy
Rob Koene, M.D., Ph.D.
Sophie Josephus Jitta
 
Tullio Simoncini claims that cancer is caused by a fungus and can be
cured with the administration of sodium bicarbonate. There is no
scientific evidence to support this claim, and there is good reason to
believe that the treatment is dangerous.
 
In October 2007, a charge was brought against the Clinic for
Preventive Medicine (CPM) in Bilthoven, the Netherlands. This clinic
houses a mixture of small enterprises, where physicians and
nonphysicians offer a great variety of "alternative" treatments. A 50-
year- old patient with breast cancer who was treated at this clinic
was admitted to the emergency department of the University Medical
Center of the Free University of Amsterdam, where she died within a
few days. The attending physician refused to sign a death certificate,
because the patient had died from a non-natural cause. It appeared
that Simoncini had treated treated her at the Bilthoven clinic with
injections and infusions of sodium bicarbonate. The clinic medical
director denied any involvement, but two tenacious journalists of the
Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant succeeded in finding out what had
happened. The Public Prosecutor and the Netherlands Health Care
Inspectorate have opened an investigation of the case.
 
Because one of us (SJJ) is fluent in Italian, we could extensively
search Italian Web sites for information on Simoncini's background.
Currently living in Rome, he has been using unsubstantiated cancer
treatments for 15 years. He calls himself a specialist in diabetes and
metabolic diseases, but in 2003, his license to practice medicine was
withdrawn, and in 2006 he was convicted by an Italian judge for
wrongful death and swindling. This has not stopped him from continuing
to provide his controversial treatments, not only in Italy, but
apparently also in foreign countries, such as the Netherlands. He has
appealed his conviction, but we could not find information on the
status of this appeal on Italian Web sites.
 
Simoncini claims that cancer is “simply” an infection (il cancro è un
fungo) caused by Candida albicans, an opportunistic fungus. He claims
that this intruder causes formation of cysts and an uncontrolled cell
division in several organs, such as the liver and lungs. To eliminate
fungal colonies, he administers sodium bicarbonate by intravenous
infusion, by mouth, or even with intra-arterial catheters close to the
tumor site. Simoncini claims that the tumors will become smaller and
subsequently disappear completely in half of patients thus treated. He
does not give any proof for this and has never published any data in a
scientific journal. He also claims that the treatment is not
dangerous, because sodium bicarbonate is also used in standard medical
procedures. He fails to mention that this treatment is applied only in
patients with definite disturbances of water and mineral metabolism
and under meticulous clinical supervision. The highly concentrated
solutions that he administers within a short period can disturb the
mineral balance in the body and lead to serious and even fatal
complications.
 
Based on expert reports of two physicians, the Dutch Health Care
Inspectorate has concluded that Simoncini's treatment is dangerous and
should not be administered. Here is a translation of its news release:
News from the Netherlands Health Inspectorate
February 4, 2008
The Administration of Sodium Bicarbonate to Cancer Patients is
Hazardous.
 
The infusion of sodium bicarbonate to vulnerable patients is hazardous
and ineffective. This is the conclusion of two expert physicians who
wrote reports on request of The Netherlands Health Inspectorate
(Inspectie voor de Gezondheidszorg, IGZ). The IGZ asked them for
advice when in 2007 a patient with cancer died in the Free University
Medical Centre in Amsterdam after she had received sodium bicarbonate
in a clinic in Bilthoven. Currently, the clinic has, under the
pressure of the IGZ, stopped administering this therapy and will not
restart it. In the meantime it has not been firmly established that
the patient has died as a consequence of the sodium bicarbonate
administration. The Public Prosecutor is still investigating this.
 
Based on the expert report, the IGZ has first of all reached the
conclusion that there are no scientific data that justify the
administration of sodium bicarbonate to patients with cancer for other
indications than described in the official prescription information.
There is no scientific proof whatsoever showing that this therapy
cures or can slow its progress.
 
The IGZ concludes that the administration of sodium bicarbonate even
has risks for patients with high blood pressure, patients with
diseases of lungs, heart, or kidneys and for patients with cancer.
This is certainly the case if a number of specific blood levels are
not monitored daily before, during and after the treatment. The
balance of the body can become completely disturbed when large amounts
are administered. In severely ill patients, this may lead to organ
damage. In sick people, there is in fact irresponsible health care if
this product is administered without monitoring.
 
Given these risks and because there is no scientific basis for the
effectiveness of sodium bicarbonate apart from the registered
indications, the IGZ concludes that physicians should not apply this
treatment. If physicians administer these despite this warning and/or
the IGZ receives reports of cases thereof, the reports will of course
be investigated, whereby the aforementioned considerations will play
an important role. The IGZ will not hesitate to inform the
Disciplinary Medical Board.
Additional Information
 
    The Cancer Is Not a Fungus Web site debunks several of Simoncini's
claims.
 
This article is a modified version of an article originally published
in Dutch on November 17, 2007 by the Vereniging tegen de Kwakzalverij
(Dutch Association against Quackery). Dr. Koene is emeritus professor
of Nephrology at the University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Ms.
Josephus Jitta is assistant professor of Italian language acquisition
at the University of Amsterdam. Both are board members of the
Association.
 
This page was revised on December 13, 2008..