NCAHF Newsletter articles from September 2000

NCAHF Newsletter archives from September 2000

JOHN H. RENNER, MD (1932-2000).
September 1, 2000... Members were informed of the passing of NCRHI president, Dr John Renner, in the Bulletin Board, but our subscribers do not receive that publication. Dr Renner died on Sept 2 following surgery for an aneurism. Dr Renner graduated from Dartmouth...

ANOTHER ALT/COMP MED CLINIC CLOSES.
September 1, 2000... It was announced last July that the New York State University at Stony Brook would be closing its Center for Complementary / Alternative Medicine, because of money problems. Interviews with various medical faculty members were revealing as to...

MASS MARKET HERB SALES DOWN.
September 1, 2000... Early in 1999, sales of herbal products began to slip in the mainstream stores. By the end of the year, the drop in sales was close to 3% after many years of gains. Biggest losers were multi-herb combinations which were down 35%, St John's wort...

BOOK DELIVERS ON WHAT USUALLY IS AN UNFULFILLED PROMISE TO BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN STANDARD AND "NATURAL" MEDICINE.
September 1, 2000... About the author. Dan Labriola was once a licensed mechanical and aerospace engineer, commercial and experimental pilot and flight instructor, and president of two aviation-related companies. When the Boeing layoffs hit hard a few years back,...

RISKS OF STANDARD VERSUS NONSTANDARD MEDICAL CARE.
September 1, 2000... In 1998 researchers at the University of Toronto reported that adverse drug reactions affected an estimated 2.2 million hospitalized patients, and 106,000 of these were fatal. Earlier this year, the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of...

BUSH CAMPAIGN ENCOUNTERS NOTORIOUS HEALTH HUCKSTER.
September 1, 2000... Politicians are easy targets for quacks. They have to pretty much be nice to everyone, and are always happy to receive donations to their campaigns. Some may recall a story about a New York Chinese Medicine huckster (she was hawking a secret...

ACS'S GUIDE TO COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE CANCER METHODS.
September 1, 2000... The American Cancer Society (ACS) has been the best single source of information on questionable cancer methods for many years. Beginning in 1915, the ACS gathered information on quackery by what came to be called the Ad Hoc Committee on...

SUPPLEMENTS MAY CONTAIN COW PARTS.
September 1, 2000... By Neil Sherman (HealthScout) July 27. Herbals may be supplementing you with something you didn't bargain on: the organs and glands of cows. Since no one knows where these organ products come from, herbal supplements that contain raw meat...

OPERATION CURE.ALL.
September 1, 2000... FTC Hits Internet Health Fraud in Continuation of Operation Cure.All: New Cases Target Deceptive Hi-Tech Marketing Techniques. Internet health fraud continues to plague consumers looking for solutions to serious health-related illnesses. The...

FTC FILES CELLULITE SUPPLEMENT SUIT.
September 1, 2000... The Federal Trade Commission has filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Rexall Sundown, Inc. In the suit the FTC asserts that the Florida company misleads consumers in that one of its dietary supplements can get rid of cellulite, the fatty...