NCAHF Newsletter articles from January 1993

NCAHF Newsletter archives from January 1993

The use of unconventional medicine in the U.S.
January 1, 1993... The New England Journal of Medicine (1993;328:246-52) reports on prevalence of use of unconventional medicine in the U.S. in a study done by researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research....

Improving the regulation of herbal remedies.
January 1, 1993... Varro Tyler, PhD, a pharmacognosist (expert in medical botany; aka phytomedicine), is one of the most credible writers on the medicinal use of plant substances. In "Should herbal remedies remain in FDA regulatory limbo" (Nutr Forum, Nov-Dec,...

Pseudomedicine and the EC. (European Community)
January 1, 1993... According to an article in Nature (1992;359:469), the European Parliament has tightened its supervision of homeopathic products to bring them into line with a new system that will permit the free movements of medical products within the...

Hatch bill update. (Orrin Hatch; bill to protect dietary supplement & herbal medicines industry from regulation)
January 1, 1993... In the last issue, we stated that the Hatch bill protecting dietary supplements and herbal remedies from responsible regulation had passed. It turns out that Hatch got much less than he sought. What he got was a one-year moratorium on...

The value of meditation.
January 1, 1993... An evaluation of meditation as a reliever of anxiety or relaxation technique was evaluated by the Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance, a team put together by the National Academy of Sciences/National Research...