Category: Health Autonomy

This could be our last chance to defend access to homeopathic treatments. Action Alert! The FDA has extended the comment period on its completely unacceptable guidance that shifts how the agency will regulate homeopathic medicines. While the agency says that it will exercise enforcement discretion and focus on certain categories of homeopathic drugs, the wording… Continue reading The Clock Is Ticking for Homeopathy

California is threatening to ban methylcobalamin shots, which sets a dangerous precedent. We must act now. Action Alerts! The California State Board of Pharmacy has proposed regulatory language that would block patient access to methylcobalamin (B12) injections, IV glutathione, intranasal glutathione, alpha lipoic acid, as well as numerous other medications. This serious threat to crucial… Continue reading B12 Shots Banned?

An update on the fight to protect CBD and hemp. Action Alert! ANH-USA has been keeping a close watch as the FDA determines how it will treat hemp products. We’ve noted that the FDA has targeted CBD oil, a natural compound found in hemp that is now approved as a drug. But many other products… Continue reading Will FDA Target Hemp Oil?

One patient’s story. Action Alert! We’ve been telling you for a while now about the FDA’s attack on individualized bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, particularly the threat to estriol. To recap where we are: estriol and other bioidentical hormones have been nominated to the FDA’s Demonstrably Difficult to Compound List; items that appear on the list… Continue reading What’s at Stake in FDA’s Hormone Attack

What happens when you cross a proven natural treatment with a crony medical system? A monopoly. Action Alert! New information has come to light that poses a threat for continued consumer access to intravenous vitamin C (IVC), a potent, safe, and natural treatment for viral and bacterial infections and some cancers. It is a blatant… Continue reading FDA Leaves Cancer Patients in the Lurch

A new book offers a way forward in our fight against the epidemic of chronic disease. In his new book, The Community Cure, author James Maskell documents a new approach to medicine centered on community: that is, coming together as groups of patients suffering from the same afflictions to heal more effectively (and cost effectively).… Continue reading Transforming Healthcare: The Community Cure

A new bill seeks to change the way animals are raised in the US. It needs our support. Action Alert! The Farm System Reform Act addresses a number of concerns we at ANH-USA have been writing about for years. The meat industry in the United States is dominated by a few large companies that demand… Continue reading Making CAFOs a Thing of the Past

Google is partnering with one of the largest hospital systems to collect, store, and analyze our health data. What could go wrong? Action Alert! Google is partnering with Ascension, which operates 150 hospitals in 20 states, and could eventually upload all patient data to their cloud computing platform, according to news reports. Given Google’s breaches… Continue reading Dr. Google Has Your Health Data

The FDA is complicit in turning another supplement into an expensive drug. Action Alert! Earlier this year, the FDA fired off warning letters to seventeen companies that, in the agency’s view, were illegally marketing supplements to treat Alzheimer’s disease. One of the supplements targeted in the FDA’s action was piracetam, a derivative of GABA, continuing an… Continue reading Pharma Piracy Threatens Brain Health Supplement