NCAHF News, 1995 Index

Volume 18, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1995

• Is Clinton Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire(Walk)?
• Skeptics Attempt Suicide Using Homeopathic Doses
• Harmed Patients Sought
• Athletes Find Health Food Supplements Big Trouble
• Institute Not Liable for Pseudoscience it Taught
• Waldorf Schools Scrutinized
• Pharmacists Reject Homeopathy
• Bedell Interview Shows that the Political Destruction of Responsible Medicine Will Continue
• FDA Urged to Ban Worthless Sports Vitamins
• Report to Congress on Dietary Supplements Act Finds Causes for Concern
• Cancer Treatment Centers of America Infomercial
• The Vitamin Pushers Sends Shock Waves Through Quackdom
• Imposition of Therapeutic Touch in Hospitals May Violate Nurses' and Patients' Consciences
• A Critique of Mr. Clinton's Self-Help Guru (Tony Robbins)

Volume 18, No. 2, March/April 1995

• Cure Du Jour: Kombucha
• DMSO Fumes Theory to be Tested in Court
• Attributions for Long Life
• Parental Refusal of Immunization Studied
• CURED! Critique Available
• Citizen's Petition Asks FDA to Ban "Stress Vitamins"
• California Medical Board Tackles Chelation Therapy Abuse
• Chaparral Herbal Product Causes Liver Damage
• Total Nutrition is a Totally Awesome Resource Book
• Minnesota Milk-Cure Ends with Mistrial
• Fetzer Institute Manipulates Information Conduits for its Antiscience Message
• Bee Pollen Firm Settles False Advertising Charge
• Dr. David Williams
• Juice Plus+

Volume 18, No. 3, May/June 1995

• Vitamin Companies to Sell Vegetable Pills
• Internet Snake Oil
• Interferon Alpha AIDS "Cure" Controversy
• Facilitated Communication Company Settles FTC Charges
• Raw Milk in Oregon
• Death and Illnesses Linked to Kombucha Fad
• Vitamin Sales Finance Lobbying Efforts
• Anti-Consumer Double Standard Reappears in Suppression of Cancer Data
• AIDS Fraud Task Force Seeks Help From Advertising Media
• Thigh Cream Fails Tests
• Dietary Supplements Marketing Muddled and Contentious
• Maverick Medics Want to Force Insurance Reimbursement
• Dubious Nutrition Credentials
• Quackery Abounds in China: Chinese Remedies Should Make Us Wary
• Media Mislead Americans on Government Report and the Value of Chiropractors for Treating Back Pain

Volume 18, No. 4, July/Aug 1995

• Chromium Reports are Bad News for Promoters/Users
  Health Fraud Costs Nation an Estimated $44 Billion
  Return of a Panacea - Capsicum Peppers
  National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Pass Resolution on Homeopathy
  Why RPHs Should Not Sell Homeopathic Remedies
  Anti-Immunization Groups Threaten Public Health
  Attitudes of Chiropractors on Immunization
  UK Homeopaths Endorse Immunization
  Texas AG Takes Action Against Formula One
  Children's Health Threatened by Dubious Food Allergy "Treatments"
  Health Foods Industry Influences Naturopathic Education
  NCAHF Position Paper on Over-the Counter Herbal Remedies

Volume 18, No 5, Sept/Oct 1995

• Harkin's Manipulation of the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine Exposed\
• Cat's Claw Cancer Remedy
• The Cost-Effectiveness of Quackery is Scary
• Book on Critical Thinking
• Sports Performance Aid MET-Rx (TM) Questioned
• Alabama Says to Diploma Mill: Not in Our Back Yard!
• Deepak Chopra
• Quacked Consumer Reporter Strikes Back
• Gandhi did not Endorse Ayurvedic Urine Drinking
• Algae Peddlers Numbers Growing
• Case is Dropped Against Maverick MD
• Dental Maverick Charged
• Cancer Quack Gets 5 Years
• Drug Chains Sued for Homeopathy Claims
• Colloidal Silver
• New Book Reveals Dangers of Chiropractic
• Use Care When Interpreting Reports of Physicians' Interest in Alternative and/or
• Complementary Medicine

Volume 18, No 6, Nov/Dec 1995

• Veggie Pills Exposed
• Horrors of Managed Care
• Another Useful Herb Book
• Herbal RouletteStupid Defense for Selling Homeopathic Products
• Canadian Publisher Retracts Misstatements on Victor Herbert
• More on Cat's Claw
• Anti-Science Librarians and Book Reviewers
• Consumer's Beware: Naturopathy in Florida
• Athlete Regrets Use of Herbal Pills
• Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Susan Powter, and Others
• FDA to Improve Drug Information for Consumers
• Where Dieters Get Their Information
• Flawed Idea Now Bearing Bad Fruit
• The Making of a Modern Medical Myth: Only 10-20% of Medical Procedures are Proved