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An Illusion that Keeps Us Sick
Let’s say you’ve decided you’re willing to take responsibility for your health. Now it’s time to take action, right? Well, not quite. First, there’s an illusion that you must thoroughly dismantle if you want to eliminate the biggest roadblock on the path back to health.  more...

Congress is Writing the Wrong Prescription
...legislators out to “protect” consumers are threatening to remove safe products from market shelves and fundamentally alter the regulatory structure, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), responsible for increasing information and access to dietary supplements.  more...

Dietary Supplement Safety Act
The Food and Drug Administration must not be granted new and unprecedented authority to subject safe and beneficial products to additional and unnecessary scrutiny.  more...

Doctors Told No More Gifts
The federal government is warning drugmakers that the practice of giving gifts to doctors in exchange for a preference for a particular prescription drug could violate federal fraud and abuse laws, reports The New York Times.  more...

FDA - Operation Cure-All
...the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been on the guard for sites which promise cures which are not approved by the agency. The Internet has spawned many of these sites... some truly informative and others a rip off. It is good to know the difference and the FDA is on watch.  more...

FDA Advisors Tied to Industry
More than half of the experts hired to advise the government on the safety and effectiveness of medicine have financial relationships with the pharmaceutical companies that will be helped or hurt by their decisions, a USA TODAY study found.  more...

FDA Bans Ephedra
When 23-year-old Baltimore Oriole's pitcher, Steve Bechler, died on February 17, 2003 in a Fort Lauderdale, Florida hospital, a bottle of weight loss supplements containing ephedra was found in his locker. Rather than doing a thorough investigation into what this man's dietary habits are, the government immediately began its attack on ephedra as contributing to this young man's sudden collapse and death.  more...

FDA's "Hear No Evil" Policy
Did you know that more than a third of the FDA's scientists lack confidence in the safety and effectiveness of the drugs they approve for sale?  more...

Government Influenced by Sugar Industry
The Bush administration has been putting the interests of businesses, particularly the sugar industry, ahead of the global fight against obesity.  more...

Government Report has Concerns about GMO Foods
The National Research Council panel of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that more work needs to be done to ensure that genetically engineered salmon, corn and other organisms do not taint the food supply or wipe out other species.  more...

Model State Bio-Terrorism Law Stirs Controversy
The Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MEHPA) has come under fire for giving governors and state health officials broad power to involuntarily quarantine and vaccinate citizens, as well as authority "to control, restrict and regulate ... food, fuel, clothing and other commodities, alcoholic beverages, firearms, explosives, and combustibles ..."  more...

State Wants to Cut the Fat
Clamping down on the rising health costs among Florida's obese population and getting school kids in better shape is a priority for Gov. Jeb Bush in the upcoming legislative session.  more...

USDA Allows Irradiated Beef in Schools
...the U.S. Department of Agriculture lifted its ban on irradiated ground beef in the national school lunch program despite widespread concerns from parents and consumer groups about the safety of irradiated food products.    more...