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08 November 2004
MPs probe drugs giant's bid to boost Seroxat. Fears over new targets for anti-depressant.
07 November 2004
Antioxidant supplements, we were recently told and told and told, range from useless to slightly worse than strychnine. While some media outlets merely ran headlines like "Antioxidants Don't Fight Cancer," Forbes.com warned that "Vitamin Supplements May Boost Cancer Risk," while the London Daily Mail's headline blared: "The Deadly Vitamins." I saw NO headlines that weren't along these lines.
06 November 2004
The World Health Organisation was yesterday accused of burying a report recommending that curbs on junk food advertising be incorporated into global food standards.
05 November 2004
Peter Hain: Adopt a more holistic approach to health care One in five Britons, myself included, now uses complementary health care
05 November 2004
Atenolol, used to treat high blood pressure or hypertension, is no better than a placebo at preventing heart attack or death, scientists say.
04 November 2004
This year's Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses started with a nasty shock, something that we were all expecting, but not this year.
02 November 2004
The interview lasts approximately 60 minutes and Dr Verkerk covers The Food Supplements Directive and Codex. Follow this link to hear the interview.
01 November 2004
The "quackbuster" operation, run out of a New York ad agency, isn't doing well in California... to say the least. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has joined several citizen's groups in taking a formal stand against certain sleazy "quackbuster" activities. The Governor, along with a citizen's group, "Californians to Stop Shakedown Lawsuits (CSSL), is promoting California ballot Propos
23 October 2004
The pharmaceutical industry operates in a way that puts profits before public health, members of parliament (MPs) heard last week. And the regulatory authorities, which are meant to ensure the safety of drugs and protect the public, collude with the industry, they were told.
07 October 2004
Alex Schauss PhD offers his views in an informative article in the American Botanical Society's HerbalGram covering the impact of EU legislation.
04 October 2004
Taken on Trust is being rebroadcast on Thursday, 7 October at 00.55 UK time
01 October 2004
Dr Bjelakovic and colleagues have analysed 14 trials involving antioxidant vitamins and the mineral selenium. Their findings are damning, but cannot, in ANH's view, be applied to antioxidants in general.
29 September 2004
This finding by Peter Houghton and collaborators is no surprise to those who have used such remedies....
17 September 2004
BBC2 broadcast its story last night on vitamin supplementation. Far from being fair and balanced, it took a heavy swipe at high dose vitamin supplementation and omitted discussion of the benefits of supplementation. See the joint ANH and Institute for Complementary Medicine press release below.
15 September 2004
is the BBC's treatment of the vitamin supplementation really "balanced"? See the communications below and make up your own mind if you are able to see the programme at 21.00 h on 16 September.
13 September 2004
A discussion ensues in the The Times newspaper (London) on the role of science as a means of validating homeopathy and other forms of complementary medicine...
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