NCAHF Newsletter articles from March 1989

NCAHF Newsletter archives from March 1989

National Research Council nixes supplements, supports fluoridation. (health risks and benefits of diet)
March 1, 1989... NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NIXES SUPPLEMENTS, SUPPORTS FLUORIDATION In the most comprehensive scientific analysis to date of potential health risks and benefits stemming from diet, a National Research Council (NRC) committee has concluded that...

Have the food terrorists gone too far? (tampering with food supplies for political purposes)
March 1, 1989... HAVE THE FOOD TERRORISTS GONE TOO FAR? NCAHF has condemned the terrorism inherent in food faddism for years knowing how easily people can be panicked into irrational, self-destructive behavior. Quacks have long used food misinformation and...

Study reveals potential for diagnostic illusions. (medical misdiagnoses)
March 1, 1989... STUDY REVEALS POTENTIAL FOR DIAGNOSTIC ILLUSIONS A research project conducted at Life Chiropractic College-West helps explain how well-intended clinicians may fool themselves with tests that only provide information on reliability, not...

Psychic surgeon arrested in Washington state.
March 1, 1989... PSYCHIC SURGEON ARRESTED IN WASHINGTON STATE A page-one story in The Spokesman-Review Spokane Chronicle (2/5/89) tells of 44-year-old waitress Gloria Cooper's recovery from "pain and fatique" following the apparent removal of "tumors" from...

Quackery comes cheap in North Carolina. (laws about medical quackery)
March 1, 1989... QUACKERY COMES CHEAP IN NORTH CAROLINA Gregory E. Caplinger, who claims to be a naturopath, was arrested in November, 1988, and charged with four counts of practicing medicine without a license. During a search of his clinic agents seized...

Matol Km and Km. (Matol Botannical International's herbal compounds)
March 1, 1989... MATOL Km and Km Matol Km is a product of Matol Botannical International of Montreal, Canada. Promotional literature spins a yarn about how Karl Jurak, PhD, obsessively studied the effect of plant substances on his own blood until he...

Iowa Attorney General obtains settlement. (diet product firms' out-of-court settlement)
March 1, 1989... IOWA ATTORNEY GENERAL OBTAINS SETTLEMENT In the Sept-Oct NCAHF Newsletter we reported that Iowa Attorney General Thomas Miller had filed a number of complaints against diet products in his state. A settlement has been obtained from Consumer...

ACSH condemns NRDC's contention that pesticide residues pose cancer threat. (American Council on Science and Health; National Resources Defense Council)
March 1, 1989... ACSH CONDEMNS NRDC'S CONTENTION THAT PESTICIDE RESIDUES POSE CANCER THREAT The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH), in a February 23, 1989 press release, vehemently rejected the conclusions of the Natural Resources Defense Council...

Magical cures for treating learning disabilities. (quackery)
March 1, 1989... MAGICAL CURES FOR TREATING LEARNING DISABILITIES Larry B. Silver, MD, reviews the problem of learning disabilities and the vulnerability of parents to exploitation by promoters of magical cures. Dr. Silver first describes the generally...

A medical view of miraculous healing. (critique of faith healing)
March 1, 1989... A MEDICAL VIEW OF MIRACULOUS HEALING Verna Wright, MD presents an excellent critique of faith healing from the perspective of a Christian physician. This is the kind of reading that may effectively reach the type of people who need the...