Vitamin C Cancer Use Attacked
A study published in the journal Cancer Research concluded that vitamin C given to mice or cultured cells treated with common anti-cancer drugs reduces the benefits of the chemotherapy.
10 Mar
2009
03 Mar
2009
FDA “Scales Back Enforcement” of Quality Controls on Medical Devices
The Project on Government Oversight, an independent watchdog group that exposes problems in government, has learned that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has quietly reduced their enforcement of federal quality regulations at laboratories that develop medical devices. The FDA’s inspections of “good laboratory practices” dropped dramatically in the past few years: from 33 in […]
03 Mar
2009
Many Americans Suffer Food Poisoning Without Realizing It; FDA a Failure at Food Safety
The next time you have a case of diarrhea that lasts a day or more, chances are very good that you have food poisoning. Nearly 25% of Americans suffer a foodborne illness each year. Scientists have counted more than 250 food-related types of illness, which can range from viruses to bacteria to parasites.
24 Feb
2009
This Is Not Science
The headlines were uniformly negative—“Vitamins Are Useless!” An “observational” study at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle looked at over 161,000 post-menopausal women, ages 50-79. Of the multivitamin supplements taken, none were counted if they were above tiny “recommended daily allowances,” and all reporting was done anecdotally. After eight years, researchers concluded there was […]
24 Feb
2009
The First Step Toward Rationed Care?
Columnist George Will first sounded the alarm on January 28. As he reported, the stimulus legislation now approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama “create(s) a council for Comparative Effectiveness Research. This is about medicine but not about healing the economy. The CER would identify (this is language from the draft report […]
24 Feb
2009
New Health Revolution Petition Calls for Radical, Systemic Changes to US Healthcare System
A new petition, endorsed by AAHF as well the Organic Consumers Association (http://www.organicconsumers.org/), the Life Extension Foundation (http://www.lef.org/), Citizens for Health (http://www.citizens.org/), and the Consumer Wellness Center (http://www.consumerwellness.org/), and created by Mike Adams and Natural News (http://www.naturalnews.com/) will be delivered to every member of the House and Senate as well as the office of President […]
17 Feb
2009
Scientific Freedom of Speech in Medical Journals—What Role Does Pharmaceutical Advertising Play Regarding Vitamin Supplements?
In a recently published peer-reviewed study, researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and the University of Florida found that in major medical journals, more pharmaceutical advertising is associated with publishing fewer articles about dietary supplements. The research also noted that more pharmaceutical company advertising resulted in the journal having more articles with “negative […]
17 Feb
2009
Genetically Altered Animals and Foods—AAHF Looks at the Issues
On February 6, the FDA made history by approving the first drug made with materials from genetically engineered (GE) goats. Last month the Agency issued guidelines covering how it will regulate products from genetically altered animals, despite controversy about this technology. The bottom line is that this stamp of approval comes with little knowledge of […]
17 Feb
2009
Medicare Action Concerning the Overuse and Promotion of Dubious Drug Combinations for Cancer
Ralph Moss, PhD, author of the CancerDecision newsletter, has brought attention to a proposed change in Medicare rules regarding payment of anticancer drugs.
17 Feb
2009
Chemicals in Our Children
In 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, which unveiled the first available benchmarks for a few of the thousands of chemicals to which we are all exposed. The report is based on blood/urine samples taken in twelve US locations from about 3,800 […]