NCRHI News, 1999 Index

Volume 22, No. 1, Jan/Feb 1999

• International Effort Against Health Fraud
• Nutritional and Herbal Supplements
• Chiropractic Expose
• Homeopathy Criticized
• Panel Releases Statement on Interactive Health Communication
• Consumer Reports Evaluates Herbal Medicines
• Saw Palmetto
• Heartbar: Medical Food?
• Escape to Chopra
• Lawsuit over Use of Bogus Medical Device
• FTC Stops Promotion of Chelation Therapy
• Mannatech Exposed in Series of Articles
• IBIDS Database
• Does Homeopathy Work
• Medicare Beneficiaries Asked to Fight Fraud
• Office of Alternative Medicine Becomes National Center with Research in Mind
• Herbal Supplements

Volume 22, No. 2, March/April 1999

• Consumers in Plight as Supplement Sales Soar
• FDA Gudie to Supplements
• NCAHF Comments
• The Government is Not a Person

Volume 22, No. 3, May/June 1999

• Harm by Alt-Comp Medicine
• Security Systems May Disrupt Medical Devices
• Possible Link Found Between Supplements and Serious Illness
• Phony Doc Sentenced To Real Jail Time
• Record Fine for E. Coli-Tainted Product
• HHS Releases Final Report of Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health
• Mannatech Tells Consumers and Investors Different Tales

Volume 22, No. 4, July/Aug 1999

• More Stress Found in Cancer Patients Using Alternative Therapies
• Unhealthful Advice From Health Food Stores
• China to Test Doctors
• Should Physicians Sell Health Products to Patients?
• Naming Medicinal Herbs

Volume 22, No 5, Sept/Oct 1999

• Product Glut May Spell Trouble for Supplement Hucksters \
• Mannatech Says It Was Misled by Doctor
• Benefit/Risk of Neck Manipulation
• Historical Observation About Astrology
• EMF Researchers Misconduct
• Anti-Malignin Antibody - A Screening Test for Cancer?

Volume 22, No 6, Nov/Dec 1999

• FTC Targets Internet Health Fraud
• American Hospital Association to Help Members Provide Lucrative Alternative Medicine Treatments
• Insurer to Discount Alternative Therapies
• Juice Plus+ and Juicing Exposed
• Cardiologist Studies CoEnzyme Q10
• Herbs Before Surgery
• Hulda Clark Charged with Practicing Without a License
• Those Gero Vita Promotions
• Go To The Pharmacy Not the Internet for Prescriptions
• Chiropractors May Get More Access to Vets
• Grants Awarded for Research in Alternative Medicine
• Dietary Supplements Research Centers Established
• Website Reveals How to Live on Light
• Spin Doctors
• Melatonin no Cure for Jet Lag
• Changes in Law Dangerous Say New Zealand Doctors
• British Doctor Charged with Murder
• Herbalist Charged in Death
• Illinois AG Sues Medical Facility for Selling False Hope
• Rheumatologists Tackle Alternative Medicine
• Questioning the High Cost of Drug Approval