This is according to the most recent data. But the FDA’s tightening of supplement regulations is for our safety, right? Action Alert! Every year, the American Association of Poison Control Center’s National Poison Data System (NPDS) releases an annual report that tracks deaths and serious adverse events as a result of poisoning from a wide… Continue reading Zero Deaths from Supplements
Category: Health Autonomy
Acid Blockers Shut Down More than Stomach Acid
What you don’t know about this class of drugs can ruin your health. It can even kill you. We’ve written before about the dangers of acid blockers and how, in many cases, they are likely exacerbating stomach pain while causing serious disease. New research gives us even more reason to stay away from these dangerous… Continue reading Acid Blockers Shut Down More than Stomach Acid
FDA: Massive Attack on Supplements
The long-awaited revision of FDA guidance rules for new supplements is finally here. It is very bad news. Highest-level Action Alert! We normally publish our newsletter on Tuesday, but are sending out this issue today because of its urgency. What we are dealing with here is whether the supplement industry is allowed to innovate and… Continue reading FDA: Massive Attack on Supplements
MRIs: What Your Doctor May Not Warn You About
They are typically safer than other imaging technology, but there are dangers you need to know about. Action Alert! We’ve previously written about the massive amount of radiation that patients are exposed to in CAT and PET scans, which make MRIs (magnetic resonance imaging) a generally safer diagnostic imaging procedure. MRIs produce a strong magnetic… Continue reading MRIs: What Your Doctor May Not Warn You About
Consumer Reports Attacks Supplements—Again
Their analysis is so flawed, one wonders if they know anything about cars or cameras, either. Action Alert! Last week, Consumer Reports (CR) published an article warning consumers about fifteen supplement ingredients “to always avoid.” The article repeats many of the same fallacies that we have addressed elsewhere, suggesting that this is just another hatchet… Continue reading Consumer Reports Attacks Supplements—Again
European Court Shuts “Loophole” that Saves Lives and Prevents Disease
By Rob Verkerk, PhD, founder, executive director, and scientific director of ANH-International The following is a somewhat condensed version of an article from our colleagues at ANH-International. It describes how European government authorities are not only censoring information to consumers, but are even censoring truthful scientific information that health professionals need. The European Court of… Continue reading European Court Shuts “Loophole” that Saves Lives and Prevents Disease
Worried About Prostate Cancer?
How to thread your way through the swamp of crony medicine. by Hunter Lewis President, ANH-USA Board of Directors ANH-USA’s board president recently had to deal with prostate cancer. In the article below, he relates how he searched for and found solutions for this common cancer—one of them long stalled by the FDA—and now, although… Continue reading Worried About Prostate Cancer?
CDC Official Resigns after Crony Ties Exposed
She was helping Coca-Cola influence world health officials on sugar limits. We wish this were unusual. But in yet another blatant example of government/medical cronyism, Dr. Barbara Bowman, director of the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the CDC (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), recently left the agency after her ties… Continue reading CDC Official Resigns after Crony Ties Exposed
Systemic Corruption at FDA Reported
And consider who is leveling this charge: its own staff researchers, court rulings, and Congress. Action Alert! We have long documented many cases of FDA-approved killer drugs and agency interference in a person’s right to natural medicine (and much of this information and more is collected in our new FDA Death Meter website, as we… Continue reading Systemic Corruption at FDA Reported
Give FDA Even More Power?
That’s what a group of former FDA bigwigs want. If they get their way, natural medicine could be in even greater jeopardy. This week, six former commissioners of the Food and Drug Administration dating back to President Reagan have called on Congress to give the FDA more power by making it an independent, cabinet-level agency.… Continue reading Give FDA Even More Power?