A key FDA advisory panel just handed patients and integrative practitioners a rare win. But the agency still has the power to ignore it. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE At a July 23-24 meeting, the Food and Drug Administration’s Pharmacy Compounding Advisory Committee (PCAC) voted to recommend that […]
The FDA has delayed a major food safety rule that could reshape which ingredients make it into foods, supplements, medical foods, and natural health products. The delay gives consumers more time to demand reform that improves safety without restricting access to beneficial ingredients. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE […]
A major doctors’ group is calling for Congress to give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sweeping new power over dietary supplements. If they get their way, the vitamins, minerals, botanicals, probiotics, and specialty formulas millions of Americans rely on could be treated more like drugs than foods. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version […]
For years, Americans who questioned vaccine safety, the childhood schedule, natural immunity, or informed consent were dismissed as anti-science. Now the federal government, under RFK Jr.’s leadership, is acknowledging that these issues belong on the table. Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE The renewed National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) charter, filed […]
For years, the FDA’s approach to compounded peptides has looked less like careful regulation and more like a campaign to eliminate patient access to products that compete with Big Pharma. There may at last be reason for cautious optimism. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this story: THE TOPLINE For too long, patients […]
The federal government just did something rare in supplement regulation: it drew a line that targets a dangerous opioid adulterant without sweeping away a natural botanical used in its natural leaf form. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE Bad actors have been hijacking kratom’s name to sell concentrated, opioid-like […]
There’s encouraging news in the fight to protect CBD and hemp products. The White House has formally urged Congress to replace the looming hemp ban with a science-based regulatory framework, rather than allowing millions of Americans to lose access to lawful hemp products this November. This is a significant step—and one ANH-USA has been fighting […]
In this wide-ranging interview, ANH Founder and ANH-USA Executive and Scientific Director Dr. Rob Verkerk joins naturopath Dr. Z on his podcast to discuss the growing threats to homeopathy, supplement access, truthful health claims, and medical freedom. He also shares how ANH-USA is using good science, good law, and grassroots action to push back against […]
The Supreme Court just made it harder for Americans harmed by pesticides to hold chemical companies accountable. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE When government regulators fail, the courtroom has often been the last place ordinary Americans could seek justice. The Supreme Court has now slammed that courthouse door […]
Q: What do some of the most powerful medicines available to us have in common? A: They cannot be patented. Find out more about these non-pharma medicines and why they need to be protected. Action Alert! Listen to the audio version of this article: THE TOPLINE A new long-term study just published in JAMA gives […]