NCAHF Newsletter articles from May 1990

NCAHF Newsletter archives from May 1990

Is the bureaucracy "mooning" science? (U.S. Department of Education and the accreditation of naturopaths)
May 1, 1990... IS THE BUREAUCRACY "MOONING" SCIENCE? Rodney Dangerfield is not the only one not getting respect. Rationality and reason aren't doing very well either. What is most shocking is that the source of this disrespect is the U.S. Department of...

Evaluating self-help psychotherapy books.
May 1, 1990... EVALUATING SELF-HELP PSYCHOTHERAPY BOOKS The marketplace abounds with self-help psychotherapy books. In 1981, the editor of Contemporary Psychology reported that 150 books arrive in their offices monthly, and that this represented 5% of all...

Psychiatric disorders are a prime target for quackery.
May 1, 1990... PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS ARE A PRIME TARGET FOR QUACKERY What do food allergies, candidiasis hypersensitivity (yeast infection), hypoglycemia, environmental hypersensitivity disorder, TMJ problems, and other maladies that make the sufferer...

Educator explains why her university should not start a chiropractic college. (University of Bridgeport)
May 1, 1990... EDUCATOR EXPLAINS WHY HER UNIVERSITY SHOULD NOT START A CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE In its chiropractic position paper, NCAHF recommended that in order to facilitate reform chiropractic training should be incorporated into regular accredited...

Oregon finds chiropractic care unaffordable. (Oregon Workmen's Compensation)
May 1, 1990... OREGON FINDS CHIROPRACTIC CARE UNAFFORDABLE The Oregon Workmen's Compensation program paid the state's roughly 1,000 DCs $33 million in 1988. Chiropractic care was 2.5 times more expensive per case than other providers. This finding...

Subliminal tapes criticized.
May 1, 1990... SUBLIMINAL TAPES CRITICIZED Ontario (Canada) Member of Parliament, Margaret Marland, has called for a ban of a self-hypnosis (subliminal) tape that tells sexual-abuse victims that they are paying the price for their own actions in past...

FTC fines program-length commercials promoter. (Twin Star Productions Inc.)
May 1, 1990... FTC FINES PROGRAM-LENGTH COMMERCIALS PROMOTER The FTC has obtained a consent agreement with Twin Star Productions, Inc., a Texas-based company, to stop making unsubstantiated efficacy claims for its products or services. The company used...

Scotopic sensitivity syndrome. (alleged eye disorder)
May 1, 1990... SCOTOPIC SENSITIVITY SYNDROME Helen Irlen, a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Counselor from Long Beach, California, theorizes a condition she calls "Scoptic Sensitivity Syndrome" (SSS). She claims that 15% of the general population, and...

Beware: patents do not establish efficacy.
May 1, 1990... BEWARE: PATENTS DO NOT ESTABLISH EFFICACY The marketplace seems to be experiencing a kind of "patent medicine deja vu." Patent medicines were popular scams in the last century. The NCAHF Task Force on Ergogenic Aids reports that...

Impact of negative publicity. (on fraudulent health claims)
May 1, 1990... IMPACT OF NEGATIVE PUBLICITY An article appearing in the American Druggist (3/90) reveals the impact negative publicity by a consumer group can have on a product. The Viralizer is a device that delivers heat and medication (sort of like a...