it's true!
...Wow, those doctors REALLY should not have named it that... It's a good thing Pokemon isn't very popular anymore, or parents would freak without really bothering to read that article.
though, i still wonder..might nintendo have a basis for a suit, even in the slightest? we all know they're still milking that pokemon cow till it runs dry, and having their pikachu products sharing the same name of a cancer causing gene can't be all that good for them...