NCAHF News, 1994 Index

Volume 17, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1994

• Hatch Fails to Stop FDA Rules From Taking Effect
• Natural Products For Athletic Performance
• "Nutritional" Cancer Therapies
• Rexall, Not What It Used To Be
• Strange Happening at NIH
• Report Critical of Colorado Therapeutic Touch Program
• Lead Content of Calcium Supplements
• Pediatric Care by Chiropractors Scrutinized
• Natural Food Report Tells Story of a Cancer "Cure" That Went Wrong
• No Test of Shark Cartilage
• Reflexology Study Shows Positive Results
• Psychosocial Support Cancer Therapy Fails
• Ginsana, Rejuvex, Trim-Maxx
• Cancer Device Promoter Convicted
• Minnesota AG Charges Promoter of Cancer Scam
• Psychosocial Support and Cancer Survival

Volume 17, No. 2, March/April 1994

• Royal Jelly Death Ignites Debate Over "Alternative" Medicine in Australia
• NU Skin Settles
• Study Casts Doubt on DC Workers Comp Boasts
• ACS Releases New Booklet
• Frequency Generator Promoter Busted
• Removal of Dental Fillings a Sign of Gross Negligence
• Dr. Stuart Berger Dies
• 1993-4 Slim Chance Awards
• Wheat Grass Lady Dies
• 1994 Pinocchio Award
• Homeopathy Takes a Dangerous Turn
• Chemical-Free Farming Still Only A Dream
• Colorado Nurses Board Drops C.E. Requirements
• Phony Doctor
• Vitamin Injection Kills Girl
• National Council Against Health Fraud Position on Homeopathy

Volume 17, No. 3, May/June 1994

• Device Promoter to Jail
• ACS on Questionable Electronic Devices
• Consumer Reports Unfairly Attacks ACSH
• Chinese Herbal Medicine
• The Antioxidant Scare
• Manga Report Critique
• Homeopath Arrested
• FTC Charges Aids Scam
• Ergogenic Aids
• The Fruits of the Anti-Immunization Ideology
• Outmoded Dental Infection Theory Trying a Comeback
• Pin-Hole Eyeglasses Fraud
• Chiropractic and Strokes
• Deepak Chopra Gets an Unflattering Review
• Study Vindicates Sugar & Aspartame & Behavior
• Herb Product Adulterated Wit h Prescription Drug
• Applied Kinesiology: Complete Hoax or Undiscovered Psychological Testing Tool?

Volume 17, No. 4, July/Aug 1994

• NCAHF Asks FTC to Stop Antioxidant Supplement Advertising
• Montana Tries to Stop Sale of Herbal Diet Product
• Senate Soon to Vote on Hatc h Bill
• Consumer Reports on Chiropractic
• Facts on Quacks
• Breast Enlargement by Hypnosis Claim Brings Charges
• Health Food Stores Live on Supplement Sale
• Study Claims Homeopathic Remedies Efficacious
• Diet and Arthritis
• GNC Pays FTC $2.4 Million
• New Book Focuses on Mystical Pseudomedicine
• Nova Scotia Medical Society Okays Complementary Medicine
• Yellow Pages Nutritionists Buyer Beware!
• Senator Hatch Using an Old Lawyer's Trick to Push His Bill
• Orthopractic

Volume 17, No 5, Sept/Oct 1994

• FDA Citizen Petition Filed to Stop Homeopathic Scams
• NIH OAM Director Resigns; Herbert Calls For Investigation of Appointees
• Another Blockbuster Book
• Hatch's Antiregulatory Bias
• Quackery Goes Prime Time
• Herb Remedies Cause Deaths, Birt h Defects
• Versendaal's Contact Reflex Analysis
• New York Legalizes Pyhsician Quackery
• The Political Undoing of Consumer Protection
• Wheatgrass Therapy

Volume 17 , No 6, Nov/Dec 1994

• Quack Cancer Remedy May Explain Fumes Mystery
• Harm by Herbal Remedies Largely Hidden
• Upjohn Fined for Bribing Pharmacists
• Evolution of Drug Regulation
• Therapeutic Touch Under Withering Scrutiny
• DDS Fined for Perjury
• Blue Cross to Pay for Homeopathy
• Health Textbook Assailed for Promoting Quackery
• "Alternative" Lecture Ends in Near Riot