NCAHF Newsletter articles from September 2001

NCAHF Newsletter archives from September 2001

Advertising mailers in disguise.
September 1, 2001... The Journal of Longevity: Medical Research Reviews in Preventive Medicine Fields looks like a magazine. But it is published by Health Quest Publications, which, like Gero Vita International, is one of the companies of nostrum promoter A. Glenn...

Nostrum mogul takes the fifth at senate hearing.
September 1, 2001... A. Glenn Braswell the nostrum mogul who received one of the controversial pardons granted by President Clinton, exercised his Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions that might be self-incriminating at a U.S. Senate Special Aging...

Averting a nutrition cultism family tragedy a father's story.
September 1, 2001... The following e-mail messages were received by NCAHF in September. They are reprinted with the sender's permission, but edited for space and clarity. The real names of family members are changed to maintain the anonymity of the family. ...

Bogus immunotherapy promoter sentenced.
September 1, 2001... On October 20th notorious medical impostor and phony immunotherapy investment scammer Gregory Caplinger received a 14-year prison sentence from U.S. District Judge Thomas Wiseman for wire fraud and money laundering charges. Caplinger swindled...

Baratz, new NCAHF president.
September 1, 2001... NCAHF received an excellent return of ballots to confirm Robert S. Baratz, MD, PhD, DDS as NCAHF president. Most of the ballots were accompanied by membership renewals or donations to the NCAHF Legal Fund. Dr. Baratz has established a new...

Correction.
September 1, 2001... In "Autism Quackery Reviewed" (September/October 2001 issue p. 3) the quotation from Martin Gardner should have read: "Strong evidence that autism is a dysfunction of the brain has been available for half a century, and was taken for granted by...

Successful NCAHF conference informs about Quackery. (The NCAHF Bulletin Board).
September 1, 2001... On June 23rd over eighty health professionals and consumers attended the "Healthcare Beyond the Fringe" conference held in Morristown, New Jersey at the College of Saint Elizabeth, which provided funding support. Attendees traveled to the...

The National Council against health fraud.
September 1, 2001... October 2001 Dear Reader: Please consider giving the gift of healthy skepticism this holiday season. Send a friend, relative, or colleague a subscription to NCAHF Newsletter. No need to worry about its durability, color, or size....