Readers’ Corner: The POM Wonderful “Win”
Some of our readers wondered about contradictory major media headlines. The facts of the case follow.
Shame on AMA’s Archives of Internal Medicine—Part Two
New info about last week’s horribly flawed vitamin study. This story keeps getting worse and worse. A new Action Alert!
Newsweek Publishes Disgraceful Article on Antioxidants (Action Alert)
In their January 25 issue, Newsweek published a scientifically unsupportable article, claiming that antioxidants “may not be good for your health.” We asked natural biomedical researcher and physician Jonathan Wright, MD, to comment—and he didn’t mince words!
Even for a ligament tear, the way we have always done it (surgery) doesn’t appear to be the best way
The news has subtly crept into the public consciousness. Muscle/ligament/ tendon tears are not always candidates for surgical repair. That is a huge paradigm shift for practitioner and patient alike who have been culturally conditioned to think in terms of structure rather than function. For example, researchers at Children’s Hospital in Boston have found it […]
FDA’s Lax Ways
Despite increasing calls for transparency at the FDA, the agency’s sloppy performance continues to put consumers at risk both medically and financially.
Media Distortion Damages Both Science and Journalism
Simon Baron-Cohen, PhD, director of the Autism Research Centre at University of Cambridge, recently published a study that showed a positive correlation between levels of fetal testosterone (measured by amniocentesis) and the number of autistic traits a child shows post-natally. None of the children in the study, however, had actually developed autism. What was being […]
Wyeth at the Supreme Court, Justices Weigh a 100-Year-Old Right Enjoyed by Americans
The Supreme Court will hear the case of Wyeth v. Levine the week of November 3. The case involves Diana Levine, a guitarist and musician, who lost her arm (and her livelihood) due to gangrene from an improperly administered nausea drug made by Wyeth. She was awarded $6.7 million in damages in a Vermont court, […]
Dr. Sica’s Story
The Investigation Defending Integrative Medicine in the United States How many more doctors and alternative practitioners will be dragged before state medical boards and disciplined before we take action and work together to end this persecution of integrative medicine and natural practitioners forever?