NCAHF Newsletter articles from September 1991

NCAHF Newsletter archives from September 1991

Jimmy Keller convicted. (of wire fraud in connection with running of cancer clinic in Matamoros, Mexico in 1983)
September 1, 1991... On Sept. 2, a Brownsville, Texas, jury found Jimmy Keller guilty of 11 counts of wire fraud in connection with his activities while operating a cancer clinic in Matamoros, Mexico for nine months in 1983. Keller had fled prosecution following...

Hearing on FDA regulations of L-tryptophan.
September 1, 1991... A hearing was held on July 18 on "Problems with FDA's Regulation of the Dietary Supplement L-Tryptophan" by the Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Government Operations. In his opening...

Pseudomedicine allowed as scientific testimony.
September 1, 1991... "Junk science in the courtroom," (Forbes 7/8/91) describes the problem of judges allowing cranks and quacks to pollute the legal process by appearing as "expert witnesses." Citing cases in which information lacking a true basis has been...

Oregon's workmen's compensation reform saving big dollars.
September 1, 1991... According to a SAIF Corporation Interoffice Memo (5/20/91), the impact of its reforms have been dramatic -- 42% fewer services were billed and 11% less was paid out; further, had established trends continued they could have expected a...

Did quackery change history? (Rasputin's efforts to heal Tsar Nicholas' son, Alexis, of hemophilia)
September 1, 1991... One of history's pivotal events, the 1917 Russian revolution, led to the growth of Marxism worldwide. A prime cause of that revolution involved a case of hemophilia and the activities of a faith healing quack. Nicholas II and Alexandra...

Hung jury in second Atikian trial. (death of a child due to mother having herbalist treat her pneumonia)
September 1, 1991... In the July-August, 1990 NCAHF Newsletter we reported the death of 17-month-old Lorie Atikian, a Canadian child who succumbed to malnutrition and pneumonia because her mother became enthralled with the teachings and practices of an herbalist....

Diet for a New America.
September 1, 1991... On Sept. 16, TV viewers in the Los Angeles area were assailed by an exceptional presentation of health and nutrition misinformation on KCET, the PBS channel -- which I have dubbed "Chicken Little Broadcasting, Inc." because of its penchant for...