NCAHF Newsletter articles from May 1999

NCAHF Newsletter archives from May 1999

HARM BY ALT-COMP MEDICINE.
May 1, 1999... Reports of adverse effects (AEs) of complementary and alternative medicine were solicited from 1521 general practitioners (GPs) and from members of the general public. 686 ($45) of GPs responded. 37% of respondents gave 291 reports of...

SECURITY SYSTEMS MAY DISRUPT MEDICAL DEVICES.
May 1, 1999... Antitheft systems and metal detectors may interfere with the functioning of electronic medical devices such as pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators, FDA informed cardiologists, neurologists, and other doctors recently. The agency...

POSSIBLE LINK FOUND BETWEEN SUPPLEMENTS AND SERIOUS ILLNESS.
May 1, 1999... Confirming Mayo Clinic research, FDA has identified impurities in certain dietary supplements that might be related to the illness eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome (EMS). The supplements, some 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan (5HTP) products, are being used...

PHONY DOC SENTENCES TO REAL JAIL TIME.
May 1, 1999... A man who posed as a doctor and claimed to have hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide was put out of business after FDA officials discovered the impostor had been diagnosing and treating nonexistent conditions and purchasing and selling...

RECORD FINE FOR E.COLI-TAINTED PRODUCT.
May 1, 1999... A California juice company was fined $1.5 million after pleading guilty to 16 misdemeanor criminal charges related to a 1996 outbreak of dangerous Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteria. One child died and 14 other children were seriously sickened...

HHS RELEASES FINAL REPORT OF SCIENCE PANEL ON INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION AND HEALTH.
May 1, 1999... On April 28th, 1999, the Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health, an independent body convened by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), released its final report, Wired for Health and Well-Being: The Emergence of...

MANNATECH TELLS CONSUMERS & INVESTORS DIFFERENT TALES.
May 1, 1999... Coppell, Texas, March 5 (Bloomberg). Mannatech Inc. tells consumers scientific studies show its nutritional supplements are safe, promote good health and are even covered by a health insurance plan. Investors get another story. In documents for...