NCRHI News, 1998 Index

Volume 21, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1998

• NCAHF Sues Aromatherapy Company under Private Attorney General Statues
• California's Private Attorney General Law Shuts Down "Colon Cleansing" Operation
• Providing Perspective on Dietary Supplements Will be a Daunting Task
• Canadians Increase Use of Alternative Medicine
• Media Has Double Standard for Reporting on Research
• More on Failure of Psychics to Warm Di
• DHEA Warning
• Clinton Partially Funds LLUMC Cancer Research
• Rife Device in Cancer Scam
• Kurt Donsbach Pleads Guilty
• Whatever Became of Professional Ethics?
• "Dead Doctors" Doesn't Die
• New Antiquackery Book
• Pycnogenol Not Special
• A Chiropractor Warns About Chiropractic
• Calorad
• Poison Control Centers See Herbal Poisonings
• Chromium Picolinate Scams May be at End
• Raw Milk Users Profiled
• Prince Charles Hawking Alternative Medicine Again

Volume 21, No. 2, March/April 1998

• Survey Finds Increased Use of Alternative Healthcare
• New Journal Brings Scientific Criticism to Alternative Medicine
• Media Publicity Drives Herbal Sales
• Sports Performance Aids
• Fat Replacers
• Nutrition Accuracy in Popular Magazines
• Quebec Says Only Physicians May Practice Homeopathy
• Ornish: Doctor or Guru?
• 1998 Slim Chance Awards
• Venastat: Herbal Remedy Said to Have Some Merit
• Presidential Commission on Dietary Supplements to Consumers: Buyer Beware!
• Watch Out for Noni Juice
• Chelation Therapy Review
• The Killing Power of Faith Healing
• Therapeutic Touch on Trial

Volume 21, No. 3, May/June 1998

• Watch Out For Kava
• Ripped Fuel Linked to Two Deaths in California
• Chiropractor not Liable for Failure to Warn of Abnormal Mass
• When Government Gets in Bed with Pseudoscience
• Cholestin
• Bursynski Announces Interim Results
• Dubious Italian Cancer Cure
• Vitamin C Pro-Oxidant
• Patients' Use of Herbal Remedies
• Misconceptions about Causes of Cancer
• Survey on Why Patients Use Alternative Medicine
• Chitosan
• Death of Nutrition Enthusiast
• Businesses Sue Competitors Makine False Claims

Volume 21, No. 4, July/Aug 1998

• Nutrition Supplements for Down Syndrome
• Oregon Children's Deaths Focus Attention on Religious Immunity Laws
• American College of Rheumatology Puts Out a Position Statement on Alt-Comp Therapies
• Fake Acupuncture Needles Will Aid Research
• McGwire's Use of Drug Embarrasses Baseball and Health Food Industry
• Single Photocopies of Articles Cited May Be Obtained From the NCRHI Resource Center
• Plant Estrogens and Menopause Symptoms
• Chiropractor Jailed for Making Party goers Sick
• Weight-Loss Scammers Get Rich Before Shut-Down
• Use of Alt-Comp Treatments by Cancer Patients
• Unfounded Health Scares
• Essiac, A Die-Hard
• "Wellness" Doc Barred from Treating Patients
• Failure to Disclose Adverse Health Consequences of a Product Constitutes Health Fraud

Volume 21, No 5, Sept/Oct 1998

• The Teaching of Alternative Medicine in U.S. Medical Schools
• Quality Control Still a Problem with Herbals
• Do Chiropractors Have to Tell the Truth in Patient Education Brochures?
• Mainstream Drug Companies Marketing Herbal Remedies
• Burzynski Probe Finds Unflattering Picture
• FDA Guidelines on Dietary Supplements
• NEJM Strongly Critical of Unregulated Alternative Remedies
• Contaminant Responsible for EMS Detected in Health Food Supplement
• Dr. Weil's Popularity Finally Explained
• Strong Emotion Displayed at Hearings on Access to Alternatives

Volume 21, No 6, Nov/Dec 1998

• "Standardized" Herbal Products Will Still Have Elements of Uncertainty"
• Spinal Manipulation for Low Back Pain Costly and of Dubious Value
• Chiropractic Failes to Relieve Childhood Asthma
• Asian Patent Medicines
• Ozone Device Warning
• Alfalfa Sprouts More Risky Than Ground Beef
• Saw Palmetto Helpful
• Pyruvate
• Herbal Combo has Potency
• Herbal Remedy Interferes with Child's Cancer Cure
• Steroid Chewing Gum?
• Weider's Steel Bars Mislabeled
• Adverse Reactions to Herbs
• Therapeutic Touch Effective for Arthritis?
• Vets Struggle to Preserve Profession's Integrity