The New York Times reports that Judge Jeffrey S. White of Federal District Court in San Francisco has overturned U.S. approval of Monsanto’s GMO sugar beet sold as “Roundup Ready.” White ruled that the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service violated environmental law by failing to assess whether the beets would eventually share their […]
The May 5, 2009, issue of “Pulse of Health Freedom” reported a Finnish proposal that alternative therapies should be offered to cancer patients, diabetics, pregnant women and those with mental illness only under the care of a doctor. Now, the Finnish food safety agency Evira has recommended warning labels for ginger supplements, specifically cautioning pregnant […]
The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) has announced a meeting of the board to take place November 3-5 at the Washington Plaza Hotel. In anticipation of this meeting, the Board will be accepting written comments and requests to present in person at the meeting until October 19. We would like to encourage all of you […]
Natural health and integrative medicine recently won a court victory, and it is worth taking a bit of time to understand what it means.
Mike Adams at Natural News first brought this to our attention. The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill that violates the very rights that Massachusetts residents fought and died for during the Revolutionary War. The action now moves to the Massachusetts house. We hope our Massachusetts readers will take action to prevent this very bad legislation from […]
In the US, preparations for Swine Flu center entirely on a new and untested vaccine along with anti-viral drugs that don’t work very well and have serious side effects. The Canadian government by contrast is willing to consider some other, common sense alternatives.
Integrative practitioners face an uphill battle in protecting their right to practice medicine in a manner that assesses the whole patient—mind, body, lifestyle, and genetics. The entire U.S. health system is designed based on a single standard of care. Insurance rules, government reimbursement rates, treatment options, FDA and FTC regulations and enforcement, and state medical […]
Are Antacids and acid blockers curing—or causing—stomach troubles? A fascinating new book by highly respected doctor Jonathan Wright MD that is packed with scientific citations suggests that the conventional treatment for the stomach may be making things worse — and not just in the stomach.
As some of you know, AAHF began life as the American Preventive Medicine Association. We adopted our present name in 1999. Over recent years, we have worked more and more closely with The Alliance for Natural Health, a UK based organization founded by the distinguished food scientist Dr Robert Verkerk. ANH shares our mission and values […]
ANH-USA has filed three lawsuits against the FDA in recent weeks. In each case, we have been joined as plaintiffs by dietary supplement formulators Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw and the Coalition to End FDA and FTC Censorship. We are being represented by the law firm of Emord & Associates.