Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH USA)

Help End the Government’s Shameful Silence About Vitamin D—the Natural Way to Prevent and Treat Flu Including Swine Flu!

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:08:00 +0000

With hundreds of thousands of seasonal flu-related complications, more than 35,000 deaths from the flu, and countless more from the H1N1 flu expected this season, ANH-USA asks the obvious question:...

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Vitamin D and the Flu: More about the Science

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:53:00 +0000

Bill Faloon, Co-founder of Life Extension Foundation, recently summarized some of the science showing the critical role of Vitamin D in preventing and controlling infections due to the flu. An...

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Are Mothers-To-Be Unwittingly Passing BPH and other chemicals to their Unborn babies? And When Will the FDA Wake Up To These Dangers?

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:07:00 +0000

Consider these sobering facts: * Children exposed to both tobacco smoke and lead are 800 percent more likely to develop ADHD. * Childhood exposure to lead can cause permanent brain damage...

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Why Genetically Engineered Crops Threaten Your Health

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:04:00 +0000

If you listen to political talk-radio, you may have been puzzled by recent ads about seeds. Why would anyone be concerned about access to seeds? Because approximately 82 percent of the global seed...

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Sen. Charles Grassley Asks Tough Questions of Leading Medical Schools

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:03:00 +0000

Ten of our nation’s top medical schools were given until Dec. 8, 2009, to respond to two tough questions posed by Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the leading Republican on the Senate Finance...

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JAMA Publishes Flawed Studies Linking Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 to Cancer

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:01:00 +0000

The Natural Products Association (NPA) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) have both voiced outrage over the publication of “Cancer Incidence and Mortality after Treatment with Folic Acid...

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United we are stronger’—ANH announces merger

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:06:00 +0000

ANH Press Release: ‘United we are stronger’—ANH announces merger PRESS RELEASE – for immediate release 18th DECEMBER 2009 Two leading natural health campaign organisations are formally...

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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) in the Crosshairs of Congressional Healthcare Reform

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:24:00 +0000

The editorial page of the Wall Street Journal has sounded the alarm about a bill proposed by Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., a bill that could cripple consumer-driven healthcare saving accounts plans. ...

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$500 million to be Spent Lobbying Congress on Healthcare Reform

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:22:00 +0000

In 2009, drug companies, medical device firms, insurance companies and other players in the medical industry will spend a record $500 million to influence the congressional vote on healthcare...

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Electronic Medical Records Don’t Reduce Healthcare Costs

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:21:00 +0000

President Obama insists that electronic medical records will help cut healthcare costs, and as part of the February 2009 economic stimulus bill, Congress has offered $19 billion in incentives to...

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Integrative Healthcare Included in Senate Healthcare Bill's Language

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:18:00 +0000

The American Association for Health Freedom (soon to be The Alliance for Natural Health-USA thanks to our merger with The Alliance for Natural Health) has worked for months to gain recognition for...

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Raging Health Care Debate : Help for Consumers Caught in the Crossfire

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:22:00 +0000

Consumers caught in the quagmire of issues in the health care debate can find help from a member-based non-profit organization dedicated to protecting Americans’ rights to choose their practitioner...

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Update on Last Week's House Healthcare Bill Story

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:19:00 +0000

Last week we discussed the difficulty of knowing what is and is not in the nearly 2,000 page House Healthcare bill. Here is a really bizarre example. Some commentators noted that the House bill...

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Conventional doctors claim integrative therapies lack research, study.

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:18:00 +0000

The Associated Press recently betrayed its bias in a series denouncing CAM/integrative medicine. Many who value integrated medicine were outraged by the following comment, which preceded each of four...

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Coca-Cola to bring you advice from one of America’s largest doctor groups!

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:18:00 +0000

Incredible as it sounds, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has announced a six-figure alliance with the Coca-Cola Co. to fund educational materials about soft drinks, to be posted on...

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Obesity causes 100K cancers annually in the United States.

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:17:00 +0000

Two recent, jaw-dropping epidemiology reports barely made a ripple in the sea of healthcare information. According to the American Institute for Cancer Research, every year obesity causes more than...

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Comment period for NCCAM’s five-year focus ends Nov. 19

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:17:00 +0000

Until that date, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine seeks input on its strategic plan. A column by journalist John Weeks in Integrative Practitioner, “Why we should seek...

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Victory in The Senate

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:16:00 +0000

During the past few weeks, we met with most HELP Committee Senate offices to discuss our concerns and request an amendment to the Codex language in the Food Safety bill. Why were we so concerned? ...

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Privacy, Science at Risk

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:44:00 +0000

In 2006, then President George W. Bush signed into law the dietary supplement and OTC bill dealing with reporting on adverse events. Now, the French food safety agency, AFSSA (Agence française de...

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FDA’s Lax Ways

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:33:00 +0000

Despite increasing calls for transparency at the FDA, the agency’s sloppy performance continues to put consumers at risk both medically and financially. On October 26, 2009, the Government...

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Your Body—Your Right to Choose!

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:11:00 +0000

The Massachusetts Public Health Emergency Preparation and Response Act (H4275) passed the House on 10.08.09. This piece of legislation articulates the authority granted to the Commissioner of the...

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The House has Passed Its Healthcare Legislation by the Narrowest of Margins.

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:06:00 +0000

What is and what isn’t in a bill that is nearly 2000 pages and weighs nearly 20 pounds? The heft of the bill and its unveiling shortly before the vote testify to the deal-making behind the scenes....

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News vs. Opinion

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:03:00 +0000

The natural-products community and nutritionally oriented practitioners are very familiar with media bias. For example, the press often reports that “dietary supplements are not regulated.” The...

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FDA to Standardize Labeling of Food.

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:02:00 +0000

Various labeling systems are currently being used by U.S. retailers and food makers to make nutritional claims. Barbara Schneeman, Ph.D., director of the FDA’s Office of Nutrition, Labeling and...

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Are Federal “Expert Panels” Essential to Overhauling the Nation’s Healthcare System?

noreply@blogger.com (ANH-USA) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:02:00 +0000

Are Federal “Expert Panels” Essential to Overhauling the Nation’s Healthcare System? We have previously written about the ramifications of the economic stimulus bills that became law in February...

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