NCAHF Newsletter articles from January 1991

NCAHF Newsletter archives from January 1991

Paralysis following chiropractic manipulation.
January 1, 1991... PARALYSIS FOLLOWING CHIROPRACTIC MANIPULATION In Sept-Oct, 1990 we reported on a tragic case of quadruplegia following chiropractic manipulation of the neck, and called for information on the risks of this procedure. A report from Canada...

New FDA commissioner pledges tougher enforcement. (Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler)
January 1, 1991... NEW FDA COMMISSIONER PLEDGES TOUGHER ENFORCEMENT New FDA Commissioner, David Kessler, who was sworn into office on Nov. 8, 1990, stated in a letter to the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee that "Improving enforcement at the agency...

Demonstrators disrupt allergy workshop.
January 1, 1991... DEMONSTRATORS DISRUPT ALLERGY WORKSHOP John C. Selner, MD, reports the following incident that took place at the November meeting of the American College of Allergy and Immunology in San Francisco: "We arrived at our workshop to find a...

Mavericks groan as FDA moves against clinic. (Century Clinic of Reno, Nevada)
January 1, 1991... MAVERICKS GROAN AS FDA MOVES AGAINST CLINIC On Sept. 6 and Oct. 25, FDA agents raided the Century Clinic in Reno, Nevada, seizing patient records, products and medical devices. Among the items seized was a Dermatron (a device used in the...

"60 Minutes" dental mercury report. (criticism of handling of dental mercury topic)
January 1, 1991... "60 MINUTES" DENTAL MERCURY REPORT CBS's 60 Minutes has again demonstrated its inability to either thogoughly investigate or fairly report on an important public health topic. Its December broadcast "Is there poison in your mouth?" was a...

ACLU to aid pseudomedicine. (American Civil Liberties Union takes patient class-action case to US Supreme Court)
January 1, 1991... ACLU TO AID PSEUDOMEDICINE After a long hard struggle, the medical licensing board of North Carolina managed to delicense the only MD in the state practicing homeopathic pseudomedicine. Now the ACLU has decided to attempt to take a patient...

Is today's quackery tomorrow's science? (medical innovations)
January 1, 1991... IS TODAY'S QUACKERY TOMORROW'S SCIENCE? The notion thay many of the great medical innovators of the past were quacks who are recognized today as simply being ahead of their times, known to debunkers of pseudoscience as "The Galileo Ploy", is...

Food sensitivities in children.
January 1, 1991... FOOD SENSITIVITIES IN CHILDREN Bock and Atkins report (The Journal of Pediatrics, 117:561-567, 1990) on 16 years of utilizing the double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge (DBPCFC) as a method for diagnosing food sensitivities in...

Ayurvedic docs promote unproven AIDS pills.
January 1, 1991... AYURVEDIC DOCS PROMOTE UNPROVEN AIDS PILLS Two British doctors have been accused of offering patients an expensive AIDS treatment that offers no substantial benefit. Drs. Roger Chalmers and Leslie Davis belong to front organizations for the...

Clinical ecologist MD loses license. (Irvine Allen Korman)
January 1, 1991... CLINICAL ECOLOGIST MD LOSES LICENSE Irvine Allen Korman, MD, of Willowdale, Ontario, has lost his license for professional misconduct and incompetence. Korman's questionable practices included testing a patient for allergies by swinging a...

Supreme Court refuses review of chiropractic antitrust verdict. (Wilk vs. AMA)
January 1, 1991... SUPREME COURT REFUSES REVIEW OF CHIROPRACTIC ANTITRUST VERDICT On Nov. 26, 1990 the U.S. Supreme Court refused without comment review of the Wilk vs AMA case. Although less than a victory, the court lets stand a bizarre and twisted decision...

The British chiropractic study anomaly: was the key patient satisfaction?
January 1, 1991... THE BRITISH CHIROPRACTIC STUDY ANOMALY: WAS THE KEY PATIENT SATISFACTION? People familiar with clinical tests of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) for back pain were puzzled by the outcome of the British study by Meade, et al, (Brit med J,...