NCAHF Newsletter articles from September 1997

NCAHF Newsletter archives from September 1997

Access to medical treatment of quackery?
September 1, 1997... Congress has bought into organized quackery's main ploy, which is to disguise its promotions in a cloak of consumer freedom of choice. A proposed bill is: To permit an individual to be treated by a health care practitioner with any...

Misinformation from the NIH OAM. (National Institutes of Health, Office of Alternative Medicine)
September 1, 1997... The Practice and Policy Guidelines Panel of the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) published its findings in the Archives of Family Medicine in the March/April issue (1997; 6:149-154). The article continues the misinformation upon which...

Afraid to Eat: Children and Teens in Weight Crisis.
September 1, 1997... Healthy weight expert Frances M. Berg has taken on one of the most important health problems of our time: Many of' today's children are afraid to eat! Berg says that it's a fear that consumes them, shatters their lives, and even kills. It's an...

Fixing the Office of Alternative Medicine.
September 1, 1997... The idea of having a government sponsored program for testing unusual medical methods is highly desirable. Unfortunately, the present approach of having a separate NIH Office of Alternative Medicine has not worked. The OAM has become a public...

New law will end systematic Medicare fraud and abuse by chiropractors, but make them even richer!
September 1, 1997... When President Clinton signed the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, among other things, he eliminated the requirement that chiropractors submit an x-ray showing a "subluxation" in order to be reimbursed by Medicare. The new policy will not take effect...

Should Di's psychic be sued for malpractice for failing to warn her?
September 1, 1997... Please, do not think that we are poking fun at Di's tragic death. Princess Diana was highly admirable for setting aside her privileged life and becoming a nanny, a kindergarten teacher, and a crusader for underdog causes. She was a revolutionary...

Could the marketplace determine the value of alternative/complementary health care?
September 1, 1997... Free market ideologists are fond of the idea of letting the marketplace decide the relative value of alternative/complementary medicine (ACM) vs standard care. The primary reason that the libertarian approach of having a completely unregulated...

Lesson on psychics.
September 1, 1997... First, understand that it is redundant to say "phoney psychics." True psychic ability has never been demonstrated under scientifically controlled conditions. The James Randi Educational Foundation offers over $1 million for anyone who can do so,...

Marketing analysis of herbal supplement buyers.
September 1, 1997... Leonard Wood is President of Multi-sponsor Surveys, Inc., in Princeton, NJ. He has over 25 years' experience in assessing public behavior and attitudes concerning food and nutrition. His company conducts the Gallup syndicated surveys in food and...