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Sep 6, 2016 60
First Attack on Companies Labeling Their Food as GMO-Free
We are sure there will be many more such attacks coming. Earlier this summer, Congress defied the will of voters in passing a phony GMO labeling bill. This “mandatory” labeling bill is anything but mandatory: it allows companies to choose how to inform consumers about the genetically engineered ...
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Aug 7, 2012 49
ANH-USA and Trade Groups Meet with FDA on New Supplement Guidance
Agency begins its promised rewrite after a massive grassroots letter-writing campaign. (more…)...
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Jun 18, 2013 23
A Ban on Ginkgo? Even FDA Thinks It’s a Silly Idea
So why has the media been jumping on the bandwagon? The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) wrote a letter this month to the FDA requesting a ban on ginkgo biloba. First the letter dismisses ginkgo’s efficacy on memory and cognitive function (“Claims regarding Ginkgo’s supposed he...
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Nov 15, 2016 3
Not Diabetic? Take a Diabetes Drug Anyway!
That’s what the medical establishment is scandalously recommending. There are billions of dollars to be made, even if the drugs are harmful even for actual diabetics. “Prediabetes” refers to a condition of abnormal but not pathological blood sugar levels. People with “prediabetes” are cons...
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Aug 11, 2015 39
Sneak Attack on Supplements, Slipped into Defense Bill—Stopped in Its Tracks!
Your messages to Capitol Hill accomplished this. But Sen. Durbin reportedly plans to reintroduce his usual anti-supplement bill soon. Earlier this summer, we alerted you to the latest under-the-radar attack on supplements perpetrated by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and his allies. This time, they tried t...
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Nov 16, 2010 102
Please Help Us Stop The Leahy Food Safety Bill
Congress is back in session, and the sleeper in the Senate is Senator Leahy's Food Safety Accountability Act (S.3767), poised to pass in the very near future unless you help stop it now. (more…)...
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Nov 3, 2009 0
Are Federal “Expert Panels” Essential to Overhauling the Nation’s Healthcare System?
We have previously written here about the ramifications of the economic stimulus bills that became law in February 2009. Putting aside the economic and security consequences of adding to the nation’s debt, let’s focus on the $1.1 billion for a Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) program, de...
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Nov 24, 2009 0
Dangers of Bisphenol A/BPA Well-Established
Three recent studies fuel criticism already scorching the FDA for its failure to respond to the petition by AAHF/ANH-USA regarding exposure of children to bisphenol A/BPA. Research by the University of Rochester, published in the Journal of Andrology, found that males exposed to phthalates — found...
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Nov 18, 2009 0
Conventional Doctors Claim Integrative Therapies Lack Research, Study
The Associated Press recently betrayed its bias in a series denouncing CAM/integrative medicine. Many who value integrated medicine were outraged by the following comment, which preceded each of four articles about complementary and alternative medicine published by AP: “EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years a...
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Oct 25, 2016 0
Good and Bad News in the War on Compounded Natural Medicine
The FDA listens to ANH-USA members and other critics in final rule. The agency, in its final rule governing the removal of medicines from a list of permitted compounded drugs, has agreed to notify interested parties in advance, as required by law. This is a victory, in that the agency’s original p...
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