NCAHF Newsletter articles from July 1999

NCAHF Newsletter archives from July 1999

MORE STRESS FOUND IN CANCER PATIENTS USING ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES.
July 1, 1999... Boston, June 2 -- Some patients who use alternative medicine after treatment for breast cancer are having more mental distress than those who do not turn to alternative therapies, According to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine....

UNHEALTHFUL ADVICE FROM HEALTH FOOD STORES.
July 1, 1999... Health food stores are bad places to ask for medical advice, according to a survey by a British consumer organization. Using a scripted set of health concerns, researchers visited 30 health food stores, 25 of which gave them misleading or...

NAMING MEDICINAL HERBS.
July 1, 1999... A Commentary on the Confusing Quagmire of Names [This text is preliminary to a longer paper in preparation on this topic. I would appreciate any comments, suggestions, corrections or criticisms you may have to offer. Bill Burley - 9 September...

SHOULD PHYSICIANS SELL HEALTH PRODUCTS TO PATIENTS?
July 1, 1999... An Editorial in the AMA News (8/2/99) entitled "Room to wiggle" is how one AMA alternate delegate described the AMA's new policy on physician sales of health-related products. Then again, as the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs...

CHINA TO TEST DOCTORS.
July 1, 1999... Beijung (July 20) Xinhua-- China will hold a nationwide qualifications test for medical practitioners next year. Wu Mingjiang, an official with the Ministry of Public Health, said that this test is a measure for improving the overall level of...