NCAHF Newsletter articles from January 1998

NCAHF Newsletter archives from January 1998

Providing perspective on dietary supplements will be a daunting task.
January 1, 1998... Consumers and health professionals need proper perspective on dietary supplements for several reasons. First, the marketplace abounds with these products and the 1994 dietary supplements law created a buyer beware situation that is almost as...

Canadians increase use of alternative medicine.
January 1, 1998... 1,200 Canadians were polled by telephone on 8/22/97 by the Angus Reid Group regarding their use of "alternative medicine." Forty-two percent reported using alternative medicine (up from 23% in 1992). Highest use (59%) involved chiropractic...

Media has double standard for reporting research.
January 1, 1998... A glaring double standard of reporting on research in standard vs alternative medicine by the media has emerged. Standard medical research makes the news following a study when the results point to something that may be useful. Alternative...

Whatever became of professional ethics?
January 1, 1998... NCAHF is receiving a disturbing number of complaints about health professionals who have become distributors for multilevel marketing firms that sell dietary supplements. We are told about doctors, nurses, social workers, and even nutrition...

Prince Charles hawking alternative medicine again.
January 1, 1998... In 1986 the Introduction to the British Medical Association's report entitled Alternative Therapy stated: During the Prince of Wales' term as President of the BMA (1982-83), he urged the Association to look critically at modern medicine....