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A Ray of Light in the Dark: Integrative Healthcare Specifically Included in the Senate Healthcare Bill’s Statutory Language!

Dec 01, 2009 0 Comments

The American Association for Health Freedom (soon to be The Alliance for Natural Health-USA thanks to our merger with The Alliance for Natural Health) has  worked for months to gain recognition for integrated healthcare in  President Obama’s Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) plan (part of the stimulus bill)  and in  multiple iterations of healthcare reform legislation. […]

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Integrative Healthcare Included in Senate Healthcare Bill’s Language

Dec 01, 2009 3 Comments

The American Association for Health Freedom (soon to be The Alliance for Natural Health-USA thanks to our merger with The Alliance for Natural Health) has worked for months to gain recognition for integrated healthcare in President Obama’s Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) plan (part of the stimulus bill) and in multiple iterations of healthcare reform legislation. […]

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FDA Attacks Natural Thyroid Millions Depend On

Sep 01, 2009 2 Comments

We have learned that Time-Cap Labs, producer of a generic version of the brand name drug Armour, a natural and bioidentical thyroid replacement, has been ordered by the FDA to stop production. The FDA has decided to classify the company’s product, available for over a century, as an unapproved new drug.  Since the new drug […]

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In Memoriam: We Mourn the Passing of Former AAHF President Shari Lieberman, PhD, CNS

Jul 28, 2009 3 Comments

On Tuesday, July 21, 2009, the world of clinical nutrition and education lost a special member of its family, Shari Lieberman, PhD, CNS. Dr. Lieberman served the American Association for Health Freedom with the same passion she brought to her research and education efforts, her clinical practice, and all those she touched through a long […]

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Update on the NIH Chelation Trial

Jun 16, 2009 0 Comments

The federal Trial to Assess Chelation (TACT) study is once again enrolling heart attack survivors. The study’s leader, Dr. Gervasio Lamas of the Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami, voluntarily suspended enrollment last fall after allegations were published in Medscape critical of the consent form given to patients and of the safety of the trial.The […]

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Why Is FDA Protecting the BPA Lobby?

May 19, 2009 0 Comments

As we have reported in previous issues of Pulse of Health Freedom, bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical in the packaging or contents of many products, may cause long-term health effects, including cancers of the breast, brain and testicles; lowered sperm counts, early puberty and other reproductive system defects; diabetes; attention deficit disorder, asthma, and autism. […]

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First It’s Not Safe, and Then It Is! The FDA Position on Melamine May Give Us All a Case of Whiplash

Dec 16, 2008 1 Comment

Melamine was first synthesized by a German chemist in 1834, and melamine resin is used in Formica for countertops and dry erase boards as well as flame retardants. A 1958 patent described the use of melamine as a non-protein nitrogen (NPN) for cattle. Melamine is sometimes illegally added to food products in order to increase the apparent protein content. Standard tests that estimate protein levels by measuring the nitrogen content can be misled by adding nitrogen-rich compounds such as melamine.

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