Is President Obama’s New Healthcare Proposal Better? No!
Why the current reform effort is destined to fail.
Press Release: Faulty Study Targets Vitamins C and E
Faulty Study Targets Vitamins C and E For Immediate Release U.S. Contact: Gretchen DuBeau, ph 800-230-2762 International Contact: Dr Robert Verkerk, ph +44-1306-646-600 November 18, 2008 FAULTY STUDY TARGETS VITAMINS C AND E Finding of No Cardiovascular Protection Was Predictable Today, the American Association for Health Freedom (AAHF) and its international affiliate, the Alliance for […]
Press Release: WOMEN’S MULTIVITAMIN STUDY DANGEROUSLY FLAWED
For Immediate Release: February 12, 2009 US Contact: Tami L. Wahl, 800.230.2762 International Contact: Dr. Robert Verkerk, 44.1306.646.600 WOMEN’S MULTIVITAMIN STUDY DANGEROUSLY FLAWED Group Studied Not Representative of General Population; Study Excluded Dosages Above RDA Guidelines Today the American Association for Health Freedom (AAHF) criticized a study published by the American Medical Association in the […]
Press Release: New Science Point to Importance of High Dose Supplements
For Immediate Release: March 3, 2009 US Contact: Tami L. Wahl, 800.230.2762 International Contact: Dr. Robert Verkerk, 44.1306.646.600 NEW SCIENCE POINTS TO IMPORTANCE OF HIGH-DOSE SUPPLEMENTS Calcium, B Vitamins, and Vitamin D Play Important Roles Three new pieces of research reveal the importance of higher supplement doses. The February 23 issue of Archives of Internal […]
Press Release: Raging Health Care Debate
Help for Consumers Caught in the Crossfire of the Raging Health Care Debate Consumers caught in the quagmire of issues in the health care debate can find help from a member-based non-profit organization dedicated to protecting Americans’ rights to choose their practitioner and the practitioner’s right to practice integrative and natural medicine. Washington, DC-In a […]
Designed to Fail: A Trial Without Meaning
Designed To Fail: A Trial Without Meaning The following is an analysis of a recent study on vitamins C and E by the scientific team of the Alliance for Natural Health, our international affiliate. To read the full analysis, Click Here Contributed by Steve Hickey, Ph.D.; Damien Downing, M.B.B.S.; and Robert Verkerk, Ph.D., Alliance for […]
History
In the early 1990s, medical freedom was being threatened by the FDA, by powerful allopathic medical organizations like the American Medical Association (AMA), by insurance companies, and by state medical boards around the country. Good doctors were losing their licenses or being driven into bankruptcy simply because they used an unconventional, holistic approach to preventing […]
Judge Overturns the Government’s Approval of Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered Sugar Beets
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 […]
Forbes: Vitamins “Quackery” — The Same Old Discredited Studies Are Hauled Out
It’s silly, to tell the truth. Every so often, a major news outlet will publish an article to discourage people from taking vitamin supplements. The articles cite a by now familiar group of very badly designed and probably intentionally biased medical studies that are quoted because of their anti-supplement results. Sometimes the same old bogus […]
Conflict of Interest in Conventional Medicine Practice Guidelines
The April 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association has an article written by a group of doctors who recommend that medical professional associations adopt stricter conflict of interest guidelines. The new proposals call for associations to refuse general budget support from the industry.