A new lawsuit filed by a “consumer watchdog” group says most Americans are not vitamin deficient and don’t benefit from supplements. Huh? Earlier this month we told you about international pharmaceutical company Bayer AG’s battle with the Federal Trade Commission over whether its marketing statements about its probiotic colon supplement are unsubstantiated disease claims (not… Continue reading Dangerous Lawsuit Threatens the Few Supplement Health Claims Currently Allowed
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GMO Approval Process FINALLY Being Scrutinized
At the request of Congress, the FDA’s and USDA’s review process for genetically engineered products is finally coming under scrutiny by the GAO. In 2013, Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) wrote to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and asked them to look into the review system being used to regulate genetically modified crops—specifically, “to ensure that… Continue reading GMO Approval Process FINALLY Being Scrutinized
Wall Street Journal Ignores Over Sixteen Hundred Letters Challenging Its Journalistic Ethics
Should “experts” be given a pulpit without one word about their serious conflicts of interest? Action Alert! Last month the Wall Street Journal published Dr. Paul Offit’s pro-vaccine screed without disclosing his major financial conflict of interest. As we reported then, he’s the inventor of the rotavirus vaccine RotaTeq, which is now recommended for universal… Continue reading Wall Street Journal Ignores Over Sixteen Hundred Letters Challenging Its Journalistic Ethics
Medical Bureaucracy (and FDA Regulations) Also Stymie Efforts to Halt Ebola
The current dearth of treatment options for Ebola is not from a lack of options, but from a zealous protection of current medical monopolies together with an overabundance of red tape. In a related article, we discussed government hostility to natural remedies that are both cheap, effective, and more readily available. In this article, we’ll… Continue reading Medical Bureaucracy (and FDA Regulations) Also Stymie Efforts to Halt Ebola
Government Ignores Natural Treatment Options
Why are these approaches being ignored? Could it be because there is little profit to be made from them? Action Alert! With Ebola panic taking hold of the country, we hear very little about the natural ways to guard against the disease. This becomes even more important when you consider that these natural ways are less… Continue reading Government Ignores Natural Treatment Options
Government Puts Doctors in Stranglehold over Medical Testing and Diagnostics
One test per year not related to a specific illness under Medicare? So much for preventive medicine. In recent weeks we have been telling you about a new FDA proposal to increase its control over low-cost laboratory-developed tests—including locally performed custom diagnostics and tests for rare conditions. Tests like these are the future of medicine.… Continue reading Government Puts Doctors in Stranglehold over Medical Testing and Diagnostics
Taxpayers Are Bailing Out the Insurance Companies—to the Tune of $1 Billion This Year Alone!
ObamaCare was crafted to suit the largest insurance companies, and now your tax dollars are subsidizing them. The House Oversight Committee has issued a report called “ObamaCare’s Taxpayer Bailout of Health Insurers and the White House’s Involvement to Increase Bailout Size.” The report states that ObamaCare contains $1 billion in bailouts in 2014 alone for… Continue reading Taxpayers Are Bailing Out the Insurance Companies—to the Tune of $1 Billion This Year Alone!
Texas Medical Board as Out of Control as Ever
Cancer pioneer Stanislaw Burzynski has just won the first round of a new and particularly underhanded attack from the TMB. We have been telling you about Dr. Burzynski’s lifesaving antineoplaston treatment, and the persecution he has received at the hand of the Texas Medical Board. This time the TMB filed a 200-page complaint against him,… Continue reading Texas Medical Board as Out of Control as Ever
Big Pharma Giant Takes On the Government
“The FTC is trying to regulate supplements as drugs!” says Bayer. Yes, that’s what we’ve been saying for quite some time now. Action Alert! Global chemical company Bayer AG has a bone to pick with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Justice Department. Its pharmaceutical and medical products subgroup, Bayer HealthCare, produces a probiotic… Continue reading Big Pharma Giant Takes On the Government
FDA Thumbs Its Nose at Congress—Again!
The agency has issued a new guidance on laboratory developed tests (LDTs), even though a congressional committee challenged its legal authority to do. Action Alert! Last month we told you how the powerful House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee took the FDA to task, saying that the agency’s proposal to put laboratory-developed tests in the… Continue reading FDA Thumbs Its Nose at Congress—Again!