Another Win for Famed Attorney Jonathan Emord! FDA Settles With ANH-USA and Fellow Plaintiffs
Under pressure of our court victory, the FDA is for the first time allowing reasonable “qualified health claims” for some supplements.
05 Oct
2010
05 Oct
2010
Putting to Rest Recent Codex Rumors
There’s nothing like a good conspiracy theory. But in the Internet age, conspiracies sometimes proliferate like weeds—and this one is false.
05 Oct
2010
Coconut Oil and Alzheimer’s Disease
How worried should drug companies be about supplements eating into their monopoly profits? A lot—as this story will show. Please share it with anyone you know who is suffering from Alzheimer’s or is worried about it.
28 Sep
2010
What is Happening with the Leahy Bill? A New Action Alert
At one point we almost lost—it’s still touch and go—but there is some good news to report.
28 Sep
2010
Keeping Your Finger on the Pulse: Other Updates
New information on medical journal ghostwriting scandal; statins and infectious disease; and stomach troubles being caused, not healed, by acid blockers.
28 Sep
2010
A Small Frankenfish Win
The FDA seems to be on the wrong track—but last week’s hearings proved to be a small win for the anti-GMO side.
21 Sep
2010
Over-diagnosed and Over-treated: The medicalization of childhood
John Abramson, MD, award-winning Harvard family practitioner, author of Overdosed America (log onto www.overdosedamerica.com to read further) has sagely weighed in as new normals have been adopted for blood pressure, cholesterol levels, blood sugar and new diseases like osteoporosis have been developed. According to Dr. Abramson, “American medicine has medicalized symptoms to market medications.”
21 Sep
2010
Stress and Your Hair
I recently had the opportunity to listen and learn to Moshe Frenkel, MD, former medical director of the Integrative Medical Program at MD Anderson Cancer in Houston, TX. As the founder and director of Integrative Oncology Consultants, he speaks that stress management is as important as supplements for a successful integrative approach to cancer treatment.
21 Sep
2010
Summer’s Produce Stand
The power of the produce-stand now resplendent with the rich colors and inviting smells of ripe fruit and summer’s vegetable bounty is lost to all-too-many Americans. Walk the aisles of a public or farmer’s market at summer’s end and marvel over the blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, the grapes and currants, fragrant peaches, and the […]
21 Sep
2010
Why Patrick Leahy’s Food Safety Accountability Act of 2010 Must Be Stopped
Last week we told you about the threat posed by Sen. Leahy’s new bill. This week we want to explain how important it is that all of us take action—immediately.