I don't blame you. Enough said on the subject.
Either give the man a try or find a different doctor.
No matter who you go to (inspite of the expense),
there is no miracle cure.








--- mick.o'hare@... wrote:

> OK, I'm outta here.
>
> Preconceptions are unlikely to be changed on either
> side. Readers of this
> site will have drawn their own conclusions and come
> down on either side, or
> just ended up plain bored.
>
> Sorry to have been incoherent.
>
> Mick
>
> > ----------
> > From: anosmia@yahoogroups.com on behalf of
> iccedric
> > Reply To: anosmia@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2005 0:06 AM
> > To: anosmia@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [anosmia] Re: Anyone know anything about
> Dr. Henkin's clinic
> > in Wash., D.C.?
> >
> > Did you read your message {shown below} before you
> sent it? In my
> > view, it crosses the line from your usual,
> incessant Henkin
> > cheerleading to incoherence!
> >
> > You acknowledge that it would be "beneficial" for
> Henkin to publicly
> > offer information about his success rate, but then
> you issue a thinly
> > veiled threat to those deign to doubt his 65%
> figure*. Duh! If
> > Henkin producing verifiable statistics about a
> medical treatment HE
> > offers isn't "within the realms of medicine" what
> da hell is?
> >
> > You're constantly doing Henkin's bidding on this
> forum. And you can
> > produce, at will and out of the ether, pro-Henkin
> testimonials. So,
> > why can't you prevail upon the good doctor to
> publish his treatment
> > results statistics? After all, it would
> authoritatively answer the
> > question you're asked "more than any other".
> >
> > C'mon Mick, put down the pom-poms, pick up the
> phone and ask Henkin
> > to put an end to this vexing and divisive
> controversy by simply
> > publishing his results. Tell him not to fret
> about the "double
> > blind" issue. We're currently totally blind!
>
> >
> >
> >
> > * "Henkin reports that about 65% of patients
> treated for low levels
> > of cAMP with theophylline recover either fully or
> significantly
> > towards normal smell function."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In anosmia@yahoogroups.com, mick.o'hare@r...
> wrote:
> > > I guess it is now incumbent on us all to merely
> draw our own
> > conclusions
> > > about Dr Henkin. You are obviously unconvinced -
> and equally
> > obviously
> > > entitled to that view - others take the opposite
> tack. many more
> > will be
> > > ambivalent.
> > >
> > > One thing I would argue in Dr Henkin's defence
> is that many, many
> > people ask
> > > what chance they have of success. It is the one
> question I am asked
> > more
> > > than any other. For him to have that information
> can only be
> > beneficial. If
> > > you accuse him of inflating his figures then
> that is, I imagine,
> > beyond the
> > > realms of medicine and into legal territory.
> This is a printed,
> > worldwide
> > > forum that can be read by anybody.
> > >
> > > You assumption that his figures are vastly
> inflated is just that, an
> > > assumption, is it not? Or is there evidence?
> > >
> > > Mick
> > >
> > > > ----------
> > > > From: anosmia@yahoogroups.com on behalf of
> iccedric
> > > > Reply To: anosmia@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 21:34 PM
> > > > To: anosmia@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: [anosmia] Re: Anyone know anything
> about Dr. Henkin's
> > clinic
> > > > in Wash., D.C.?
> > > >
> > > > Franni
> > > >
> > > > It is becoming increasingly difficult to
> believe that you are
> > missing
> > > > the point other than intentionally, relative
> to "guarantees" of
> > > > success, as furnished by Henkin.
> > > >
> > > > So, let me clarify the issue for once and for
> all: I, for one,
> > did
> > > > not anticipate nor request a guarantee of
> success. Indeed, I was
> > > > quite taken aback when Henkin spontaneously
> volunteered it! He
> > > > said "across the board" he could help 65% of
> anosmics and given
> > my
> > > > description OVER THE PHONE he forecasted an
> 80% probability of
> > > > success!
> > > >
> > > > Now, on one hand, I'm happy for you, Mick and
> the others who
> > > > attribute their recoveries to Henkin's
> treatment. On the other
> > hand,
> > > > however, given the fearful and desperate state
> people are in when
> > > > they first call Henkin, I feel it's reckless
> and ultimately cruel
> > to
> > > > tease them with what I suspect are drastically
> inflated numbers.
> > > >
> > > > Many, many brilliant and dedicated medical
> professionals have
> > drawn
> > > > conclusions about anosmia and its treatment
> which are virtually
> > the
> > > > opposite of Henkin's. Henkin has chosen to
> crawl onto the limb
> > upon
> > > > which he is now perched. Therefore, the
> burden of proof is
> > clealy
> > > > upon him. After all, he's the one who claims
> everyone who
> > disagrees
> > > > with him is wrong and he's right!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In anosmia@yahoogroups.com, "franni_nm"
> <franni_nm@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > > > Bill,
> > > > >
> > > > > Several of us (that is, Dr. Henkin's
> successes) have posted
> > this
> > > > past
> > > > > week, which I think would qualify as "hard
> data." While I know
> > Mick,
> > > > > myself, and others want to be supportive and
> offer information,
> > when
> > > > > does it finally become enough?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm also baffled by the fact that people
> expect guarantees from
> > Dr.
> > > > > Henkin when they wouldn't typically expect
> guarantees for a
> > medical
> > > > > procedure. I know of no doctor that
> absolutely guarantees
> > success.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would be happy to share my
> information/hard data with you if
>
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