Labeling illegal drugs
The Natural Products Association and the Council for Responsible Nutrition respond to an initiative by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency targeting illegal drug products labeled as dietary supplements.
18 Dec
2009
08 Dec
2009
Drug Ads
According to Nielsen Media Research, spending on direct-to-consumer drug ads reached $5 billion in 2008, with every American seeing up to 16 hours of these commercials on television each year. A new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine warns how direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising escalates the cost of prescription drugs.
08 Dec
2009
FDA Misses Own Deadline
Over the past year, Pulse of Health Freedom has focused on safety concerns regarding bisphenol A (BPA) and the FDA’s puzzling about-face on this issue. In February 2009 the American Association for Health Freedom filed a petition with the FDA, asking that it rule on the practice of giving children BPA in the form of dental sealants and composite fillings. But according to the Journal Sentinel, the FDA requested more time so its scientists could consider hundreds of new studies on the effects of this chemical.
08 Dec
2009
Patients? Practitioners? Feds?
Under federal healthcare reform, who’ll be in charge of making treatment decisions? Will that continue to be a conversation between you and your practitioner, or will bureaucrats throttle us with rules and regulations?
08 Dec
2009
Alert! Make Your Voice Heard on the Senate Healthcare Bill!
Last week we updated you on our success in persuading the Senate to include integrative doctors in the Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) program of the senate healthcare bill. This will make it harder for special interests to try to outlaw integrative medicine at the national level
01 Dec
2009
Integrative Healthcare Included in Senate Healthcare Bill’s Language
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. […]
25 Aug
2009
Alert! Food Safety Bill Bad for Supplements (Ties U.S. to Codex) and Gives FDA Control Over Farming
The Senate’s “Food Safety” bill is better than the House’s in some important respects. For example, it drops the draconian jail sentences and fines for vague infractions including paperwork errors. But it includes a Codex provision that absolutely must be removed by amendment in order to protect free choice about supplements. Please take action to […]
18 Aug
2009
Thank you for telling the FDA that transparency matters to you!
Thank you to our 801 advocates who used AAHF’s Action Center to submit comments in response to Docket Number FDA-200-N-0247, letting the Food and Drug Administration’s Transparency Task Force know that you support increased transparency at the FDA. On August 6, AAHF proudly hand-delivered 801 letters to the FDA’s Division of Docket Management. These comments […]
18 Aug
2009
France to Become the First European Country to Ban BPA in All Food Containers
Nine French lawmakers, citing the ban by Canada and a number of U.S. states, have proposed legislation to ban bisphenol A (BPA) in all food containers (including baby bottles) setting the stage for France to become the first European country to ban BPA. In May, Denmark’s parliament passed a resolution calling on its government to […]
18 Aug
2009
Alliance for Natural Health Takes Aim at the Marketing of Splenda on Facebook
Alliance for Natural Health (ANH), the British counterpart to AAHF, has published a brilliant position paper on the marketing campaign being used to sell Splenda Mist.