NCAHF Newsletter articles from May 1993

NCAHF Newsletter archives from May 1993

Court-ordered reimbursement for quack medicine studied.
May 1, 1993... JAMA (1991;269:2116-21) has a report by an NIH team from the Office of Medical Application of Research that studied 17 cases between 1980-9 in which an insurance company was sued to reimburse a patient for an "unproven or questionable health...

Would "alternative" medicine save health care $?
May 1, 1993... During the last part of March proponents of "alternative" medicine reportedly met with representatives of the Clinton Administration to discuss cost-effectiveness. The question of whether or not nonscientific medicine could save health care...

Essiac (an alleged cancer remedy).
May 1, 1993... Essiac is a tea made from Indian rhubarb, Sheepshead sorrel, Slippery elm and Burdock root. For more than 60 years it has been promoted as a cure for cancer. Several investigations of the drug have indicated that it has no demostrable effect...

UK's National Health Service not adverse to complementary medicine. (United Kingdom)
May 1, 1993... According to a brief report in the British Medical Journal (1993;306:951), about two-thirds of family health service authorities, general practice fundholders, and district health authorities see a place for complementary treatments in the...

The organization behind the mind-body propaganda. (Fetzer Institute of Kalamazoo, Michigan)
May 1, 1993... Americans have been swamped by a barrage of positive publicity promoting the alleged benefits of mind-body related "alternative medicine." The organization behind this propaganda effort is the Fetzer Institute of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Fetzer...