NCAHF Newsletter articles from March 1998

NCAHF Newsletter archives from March 1998

Survey finds increased use of alternative healthcare.
March 1, 1998... A survey of 1,500 American adults conducted in November, 1997 found the highest levels of use of nonstandard methods yet recorded in a national study. Forty-two percent of the sample said that they had used some form of alternative care in the...

The killing power of faith healing.
March 1, 1998... "This is Jonestown in slow-motion!" -- Rita Swan The media has been agog recently with speculative reports on the power of intercessory prayer to heal the sick. Studies with flawed designs and weak, albeit statistically significant,...

Doctor or Guru?
March 1, 1998... Newsweek featured the story of Dean Ornish, MD in its March 16, 1998 issue. Ornish has been a hero among preventive medicine adherents since he demonstrated a significant reduction in heart disease among patients who followed his strict regimen...

The emperor has no clothes.
March 1, 1998... Most readers are aware that 11-year-old Emily Rosa(a) has caused enormous embarrassment to the proponents of Therapeutic Touch (TT) through the publication, of an experiment that she performed for a junior high school science project when she was...

Watch out for Noni juice.
March 1, 1998... The promotion of Noni juice (ie, the juice of the tropical plant Morinda citrifolia) is growing as more and more hucksters become involved in multilevel marketing schemes that sell the product. According to The Lawrence Review of Natural...