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13 Sep 08

Matthias Rath: Fall of the doctor who said his vitamins would cure Aids - The Guardian 13th September 2008

Matthias Rath, the vitamin campaigner accused of endangering thousands of lives in South Africa by promoting his pills while denouncing conventional medicines as toxic and dangerous, has dropped a year-long libel action against the Guardian and been ordered to pay costs.

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UHN HIV Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Jurisprudence Libel Mass Media The Guardian

Editorial: Libel battles can make and break reputations, but only rarely do they bear on questions of life and death - The Guardian 13th September 2008

Libel battles can make and break reputations, but only rarely do they bear on questions of life and death. The legal case against the Guardian which Matthias Rath abandoned this week is an exception. The vitamin campaigner - who has long proffered his pills as a panacea in defiance of all evidence - objected to remarks our columnist Ben Goldacre made about his South African activities. In a country where 6 million are HIV positive, Mr Rath sought to persuade victims to take vitamins instead of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs). He played a part in the madness which allows Aids to claim 1,000 South African lives every day.

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UHN HIV Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Jurisprudence Libel Mass Media The Guardian

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