NCAHF Newsletter

Almon Glenn Braswell, owner of Gero-Vita International, perhaps the biggest direct marketer of bogus health products, was arrested...

The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) oversight of direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertisements of prescription drugs has not prevented some...

Researchers in Spain found that 45 out of 102 promotional statements in advertisements for antihypertensive and lipid-lowering drugs...

The problem of compromises of science in the research process for developing new drugs to the promotional agendas...

On October 3, 2002 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General issued a...

Gov. Gray Davis signed into California law SB 1884 by Sen. Jackie Speier, which (1) requires warning labels...

On January 21st--"Rid the World of Fads Diets and Gimmicks Day" of "Healthy Weight Week"--the Healthy Weight Network...

Victor Herbert, MD, JD, M.A.C.P. (Master American College of Physicians), F.R.S.M. (Fellow Royal Society of Medicine, London), 75,...

A story about how Dr. Victor Herbert exposed the absurdity of professional membership in the American Association of...

(Excerpted from Herbert V. Health claims in food labeling and advertising: literal truths but false messages; deception by...

(Excerpted from Herbert V. and Kasdan TS. Misleading nutrition claims and their gurus. Nutrition Today 20(3):28-35;1994.) ... Questionable...

(Excerpted from Greene D. Westchester Q&A: Dr. Victor Herbert. The Case Against Vitamin Supplements. Interview in The New...