NCAHF Newsletter articles from September 1990

NCAHF Newsletter archives from September 1990

Doctors' licenses suspended over chelation therapy. (Linda Choi, Priyakant Doshi)
September 1, 1990... DOCTORS' LICENSES SUSPENDED OVER CHELATION THERAPY Two New Jersey physicians, Linda Choi and Priyakant Doshi, partners in the Medical Nutrition Center, have had their medical licenses suspended for one year (sentence stayed and probation...

Oregon delicenses naturopaths with faked credentials.
September 1, 1990... OREGON DELICENSES NATUROPATHS WITH FAKED CREDENTIALS The Oregon Office of Educational Policy and Planning is in the process of validating academic degrees claimed by a number of health care practitioners licensed in that state. Findings thus...

Chiropractic neck manipulation results in quadriplegia.
September 1, 1990... CHIROPRACTIC NECK MANIPULATION RESULTS IN QUADRIPLEGIA A Bakersfield woman became paralyzed from the neck down following chiropractic manipulation for neck pain. Tamara Joems, 27, mother of three, is described as a former cheer leader,...

Anthropologists challenged to be more responsible. (in comparing folk medicine with scientific medicine)(includes related article on defining traditional medicine)
September 1, 1990... ANTHROPOLOGISTS CHALLENGED TO BE MORE RESPONSIBLE To understand quackery one must begin with a study of humankind's earliest notions about the nature of disease and healing. These are inseparable from fundamental beliefs about the nature of...

1990 National Health Fraud Conference: a brief report.
September 1, 1990... 1990 NATIONAL HEALTH FRAUD CONFERENCE A BRIEF REPORT The National Health Fraud Conference (NHFC) was a splendid event that brought together quackbusters, quacks, quackophiliacs (i.e., lovers of quackery) and others. The conference began with a...

Chiropractic care found better for low back pain.
September 1, 1990... CHIROPRACTIC CARE FOUND BETTER FOR LOW BACK PAIN A British study of 741 randomly assigned patients aged 18-65 that compared chiropractic treatment with hospital outpatient care (utilizing more conservative physiotherapeutic techniques) in the...