NCAHF Newsletter articles from March 1993

NCAHF Newsletter archives from March 1993

Chiropractors treating children is hazardous.
March 1, 1993... The Wall Street Journal (3/18/93) described current marketing efforts of chiropractors (DCs) to expand their practices to pediatric care. The piece focused upon the application of chiropractic's theory that manipulating the spine improves the...

Buyers & sellers alike need to beware of multilevel marketed health products.
March 1, 1993... Thousands of people are selling health products as "independent distributors." Product lines typically include vitamin supplements, weight loss formulas, fiber-containing snack bars, and/or herbal remedies. NCAHF receives so many inquiries...

Time magazine's credibility sinks lower with NIH story. (report on National Institutes of Health's Office of Alternative Medicine)
March 1, 1993... Time (3/1/93) failed to tell the real story that the new NIH Office of Alternative Medicine was created by the political influence of Washington insiders, not because of the merit of so-called "alternative therapies," and that this is...

Athletic performance aids.
March 1, 1993... The effectiveness and potential adverse effects of several alleged athletic performance aids (aka, ergogenic aids) was reviewed by Smith and Perry (The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 1992; 26:653-9). Included were: Growth hormone:...

60 Minutes sells shark cartilage for cancer.
March 1, 1993... Sharks Don't Get Cancer, a book popularized by CBS's 60 Minutes (2/28/93) goes against what is generally taught regarding the biology of cancer, that all species of animals get cancer, and that even plants have neoplastic disease. The claim...