News opinion and commentary, tidbits and outrages. For all the wonderful things going on in the world of natural healthcare, there is also plenty of just plain oddness.
It’s been awhile since we bashed Natural News for its continuing lack of the most basic research skills. Case in point: I was discussing wheat with a friend, who helpfully forwarded me a link about why wheat is so bad. It kinda sorta reads like science, or at least journalism. But it isn’t. Take this […]
This just in via Facebook. Outside Magazine sez “Americans spend hundreds of millions of dollars on fish oil supplements every year, but studies have never been able to prove their effectiveness.” I would not recommend seeking health advice from Outside. Sorry, guys. What the author misses here is that intervention trials for preventive medicine are […]
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) plans to introduce legislation to regulate dietary supplements more strictly. Seems the Senate has been unable to do much of anything. Maybe they can agree on some supplement bashing? Food and drug attorney Justin Prochnow (Greenberg Traurig, Denver) comments on the issue: Once again, Senator Durbin has taken a run at […]
At first we were glad to see a “natural news” aggregator. But we’re sticklers for facts, not fans of spin.
Another black eye for the so-called “ethical pharmaceutical” business. In what is being called “the biggest research fraud in medical history,” a member of Pfizer’s “speaker bureau” has pled guilty to fabricating dozens of drug studies. Dr. Scott Reuben, working on a $75,000 grant from Pfizer produced a research study on their drug Celebrex. Naturally, […]
Prince Charles says “herbal medicine must be regulated.” As a long time proponent of alternative medicines, we wonder if this is a new position for him, or a response to EU regulation.
Industry experts are proclaiming victory in getting a law passed that requires dietary supplement (and OTC drug) manufacturers to report all serious “adverse events” to their products to the FDA. With the obvious bias in the media against supplements, each reported (but not proven) “reaction” will likely be used to hammer dietary supplements.
The “Organic Consumer’s Association” comes on like a champion of ethics in organics, but really, aren’t these pretty extreme positions? OCA has joined the shrill, pharma-sponsored attacks on dietary supplements.
