U.s. agencies target internet sale of diabetes 'cures'

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have launched a campaign to stop deceptive Internet advertisements and sales of products falsely promising cures or treatment for diabetes, the agencies announced.

The diabetes initiative started with a Web search initiated by the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network, an organization of law enforcement authorities, members of the Mexico, United States, and Canada Health Fraud Working Group, and the attorneys general offices of Alaska, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.
The campaign's goal is to make sure "scammers have no place to hide,” Lydia Parnes, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement. “The Internet can be a great source of information, but it also is a billboard for ads that promise miracle cures for diabetes and other serious diseases."
The FTC then sent warning letters for deceptive ads to 84 U.S. and seven Canadian Web sites targeting U.S. consumers, and referred an additional 21 sites to other foreign governments. About a quarter of the firms have changed their claims or removed their pages from the Internet, and several others have contacted the FTC, the FTC said.

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Thanks god , in US there are internet laws , In asian countries we hardly have any internet laws and it is very sad that we see things happening here openly , such products which do nothing and are fake are selling like anything .
One example is i have seen some height increasers in local market and people are slling that online for more than double the price and that is a fake product , i thin they are cashing in on the people looking for such cures.