NCAHF Newsletter articles from November 2001

NCAHF Newsletter archives from November 2001

Calling for evidence in medical education about "alternative medicine".
November 1, 2001... The journal Academic Medicine focuses on the education of physicians. The March 2001 issue included a special set of articles on "Alternative Medicine: The Importance of Evidence in Medicine and in Medical Education." In an introduction to the...

Aloe vera and cesium chloride promoters plead guilty.
November 1, 2001... On September 21st Allen J. Hoffman pled guilty in federal court to two felony counts of introducing unapproved new drugs into interstate commerce. Hoffman, doing business as T-Up, Inc. in Baltimore, MD and as Astec Biologics, Inc. of...

Bioterrorism breeds biobabble.
November 1, 2001... Americans have become painfully aware of the public health threat of anthrax bioterrorism. By the time people develop clinically recognizable health problems due to anthrax infection, and particularly in cases of inhaled anthrax, it may be too...

Utah, a supplement abuse hatchery.
November 1, 2001... Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) is well known as a hawk in the U.S. war against controlled substances such as stimulants and depressants. A pious Mormon, he abstains from alcohol, tobacco, and coffee. But he is also the biggest champion of the...

Remembering Varro Tyler.
November 1, 2001... Varro E. Tyler, PhD, ScD, an expert on the scientific study of plant-based medicines and a member of NCAHF's Herbal Remedies Task Force, died on August 22nd. He was 74. Dr. Tyler was a distinguished professor emeritus of pharmacognosy as well...

Illuminating anthology provides critical evaluation of TT.
November 1, 2001... Therapeutic Touch. Edited by Bela Scheiber and Carla Selby. Prometheus Books. 2000. 300 pages. ISBN 1-57392-804-6; $26.00. Reviewed by Rebecca Long. This book combines all essential reference material on "Therapeutic Touch" (TT) in one...

Dubious repressed memory movement losing ground.
November 1, 2001... According to proponents of "repressed memory therapy" (RMT), numerous mental health problems in adults are due to subconscious damage from repressed memories of sexual or Satanic ritual abuse experienced in childhood. RMT practitioners claim to...

Stubborn parents spared prison in fruitarian infant death.
November 1, 2001... A couple who rejected medical advice to not restrict their diets to raw vegetables, fruits, and nuts received no prison sentence after pleading guilty to child cruelty in the death of their nine-month old daughter, Areni Manuelyan, from a chest...

Authorities raid Florida "alternative" clinics.
November 1, 2001... On October 11th U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, US Customs, Florida state, and Hillsborough County authorities effectively stopped the Medical Center for Preventive and Nutritional Medicine clinics in Carrollwood and St....

Internet promoter of cancer treatment sued.
November 1, 2001... Washington State Attorney General Christine O. Gregoire filed a lawsuit in Thurston County Superior Court in October against the promoter of "CWAT-Treatment: BioResonance Therapy" for cancer. Gregoire's complaint accused David L. Walker of...

Terrorism in health fraud. (The NCAHF Bulletin Board).
November 1, 2001... While not on the same order of magnitude as the terrorism behind the catastrophes of September 11th, terrorism has raised its ugly head in the activities of health fraud defenders. It's important to discuss this terrorism and what we can do...

Letter to reporter leads to apology on claims for prayer. (The NCAHF Bulletin Board).
November 1, 2001... Months ago in a Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) article, Bryant Stamford wrote an article suggesting that more than 100 double-blind studies indicate that praying for people makes them heal better and faster. Professor Thomas J. Wheeler sent...

NCAHF 2000 financial report. (The NCAHF Bulletin Board).
November 1, 2001... NCAHF 2000 FINANCIAL REPORT INCOME Contributions $15,980.46 Membership dues 18,935.00 Newsletter subscriptions 2,562.00 Literature...

National Council Against Health Fraud, Inc 2002 Directory.
November 1, 2001... Web site: http://www.ncahf.org Main Office 119 Foster Street Building R, 2nd Floor Peabody, MA 01960 Phone: 978-532-9383 Fax: (978) 532-9450 ncahf.office@verizon.net Editorial and Program Development Office William M....