Pulse of Natural Health Archives

  • ANH Responds to media slamming alternative medicine
    Apr 28, 2008 2

    ANH Responds to media slamming alternative medicine

    From our UK-based affiliate, Alliance for Natural Health ARE WE BEING HOODWINKED BY ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE – OR BY ONE OF ITS PROFESSORS? A leading Harley Street physician, also President of the British Society for Ecological Medicine and Medical Director of the Alliance for Natural Health, claims ...

  • Dental Mercury Not For FDA Associate Commissioner
    Apr 21, 2008 4

    Dental Mercury Not For FDA Associate Commissioner

    From our friends at Consumers for Dental Choice comes news that the Food & Drug Administration, Associate Commissioner Norris Alderson has declared that mercury amalgams are “…not for MY grandchildren.” (more…)...

  • International Update
    Apr 8, 2008 1

    International Update

    Our international affiliate, Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) has just released an announcement that the European Commission has moved the ‘goalposts’ on the procedure that aims to standardize allowed generic health claims on foods in the European Union by 2010.  In addition, the ANH claims th...

  • FDA’s Stealth Attack on Chelation Therapy for Cardio-Vascular Disease
    Jan 30, 2008 2

    FDA’s Stealth Attack on Chelation Therapy for Cardio-Vascular Disease

    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a Public Health Advisory on Edetate Disodium (EDTA).  The advisory reflects FDA’s current analysis of data available concerning this drug.  The advisory is meant to alert patients and healthcare professionals about EDTA. (more…)...

  • Federal Activities
    Jan 30, 2008 3

    Federal Activities

    Medical Information and Treatment Access Act Many of us have been waiting for this legislation for years.  Within next month or so, Congressman Chris Cannon (R-UT) and other members of Congress plan to introduce Medical Information and Treatment Access Act (MITA) legislation.  It is currently unde...

  • More vitamin D Could Mean Fewer Cancers: Study
    Aug 28, 2007 2

    More vitamin D Could Mean Fewer Cancers: Study

    Thousands of cases of breast and colon cancers might be averted each year if people in colder climates raised their vitamin D levels, researchers estimate in a new report. A number of studies have suggested that vitamin D may be important in cancer risk. Much of this research is based on cancer rat...

  • Dr. Sica’s Story
    Jun 30, 2007 10

    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 fore...

  • Compounding Medicine – Victory
    Sep 29, 2006 3

    Compounding Medicine – Victory

    U.S. District Court Judge Robert Junell ruled on August 30 that “it is in the best interest of public health” to uphold the legality of compounded drugs.  In the past, FDA had proposed that, even though it is impossible to do so, compounded medicines must meet the same new drug requirements to ...

  • Dietary Supplements Can Save Billions In Health Care
    Sep 22, 2004 7

    Dietary Supplements Can Save Billions In Health Care

    Lewin Group Findings Show Cost Savings, Health Benefits for Five Selected Dietary Supplements: Calcium, Folic Acid, Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Glucosamine and Saw Palmetto Washington, DC – September 22, 2004 – A study released today shows that daily use of calcium would prevent 734,000 hip fractures a...