NCAHF Newsletter articles from May 2001

NCAHF Newsletter archives from May 2001

Scientific misconduct revealed in high-dose chemotherapy trials.
May 1, 2001... Last year Dr. Werner Bezwoda of the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg admitted that he falsified data in a study that showed bone-marrow transplantation and high-dose chemotherapy could prolong the lives of some women with breast...

HUD cancels "Creative Wellness" program.
May 1, 2001... The Bush Administration has cancelled an $860,000 New Age "Creative Wellness" program for tenants in public housing centers in 26 cities. The program used "wellness trainers" who practiced "applied kinesiology" in order to identify which...

BioPulse Int'l and Alternative Medicine magazine sued.
May 1, 2001... In a lawsuit against publicly traded BioPulse International, former client Paul Burns--a chiropractor--alleges that the San Ysidro, California-based company fraudulently persuaded him to pay the company $27,500 to provide at its Tijuana clinic...

Skeptics challenge psychics on Larry King Live.
May 1, 2001... Rosemary Altea, author of You Own the Power stated on the June 5, 2001 Larry King Live show: I'm able to contact the spirit world. I can see, hear, sense, feel in every way, communicate with the spirit world. I'm also a spiritual...

Celebrity publicizes choice of dubious cancer treatment following coverage of her liposuction clinic visit.
May 1, 2001... Following a National Enquirer report that Suzanne Somers had liposuction to improve her figure, Somers, the infomercial promoter of Thighmaster exercise equipment, made a March 28th appearance on Larry King Live on CNN. She announced that she...

Chiropractor performs `energy healings'.
May 1, 2001... Eric Pearl, a Cleveland Chiropractic College graduate, bills himself as an internationally recognized healer. The author of the newly released The Reconnection: Heal Others, Heal Yourself, Pearl claims that after two visits with a "Jewish...

`Nursing Science' critique receives internet recognition.
May 1, 2001... Preditors and Editors, an Internet pollster, nominated "`Junk Nursing Science'" by antiquackery activists Jack Raso of the American Council on Science and Health and Rebecca Long, president of the Georgia Council Against Health Fraud for the...

FDA acts against dietary supplements containing aristolochic acid.
May 1, 2001... The US Food and Drug Administration advises consumers to immediately discontinue use of botanicals and other dietary supplements that may contain aristolochic acid and to contact their health care providers. Aristolochic acid has been linked to...

Ives Health president arrested; misrepresented `Immune System Optimizer' study.
May 1, 2001... T-Factor Immune System Optimizer tablets, which were promoted by Claremore, Oklahoma-based Ives Health Naturalpath Health Solutions as "an AIDS treatment breakthrough" and "a patent-pending hormonal inhibitor for patients infected with the...

Consumer Reports warns about sports supplement dangers.
May 1, 2001... "Little is known about the long-term safety of [sports supplements] in adults, and even less about their effect on youngsters," warns Consumer Reports in its June 2001 issue. Androstenedione, the supplement Mark McGwire took on the way to...