Consumer Health Digest Archive (2012)
2001 || 2002 || 2003 || 2004 || 2005 || 2006
2007 || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011
Consumer Health Digest is a free weekly e-mail newsletter edited by Stephen Barrett, M.D., with help from William M. London, Ed.D., M.P.H.. It summarizes scientific reports; legislative developments; enforcement actions; other news items; Web site evaluations; recommended and nonrecommended books; research tips; and other information relevant to consumer protection and consumer decision-making. The Digest currently has 11,101 subscribers. Items posted to this archive may be updated when relevant information becomes available.
Issue #12-07, February 16, 2012
- Too many clinical trials going unreported
- Compounding pharmacy charged with misbranding
- California medical board issues disciplinary guide
- "Anti-aging" doctor facing more charges
Issue #12-06, February 9, 2012
- UK "nutritional therapists" provide poor advice
- New data on access to health care published
- Contraceptive access will increased
- New site to benefit endangered animals
Issue #12-05, February 2, 2012
- User of quack device loses license
- Another raw milk disease outbreak noted
- British universities stop "alternative medicine" degree programs
- Unique pain-management guide published
Issue #12-04, January 26, 2012
- Gary Null sued by product users
- Burzynski sued for fraud
- "Toxic Mold" guru surrenders medical license
- Joseph Diruzzo ordered to stop treating patients
- Paper linking mouse retrovirus to chronic fatigue retracted
Issue #12-03, January 19, 2012
- Another fluoridation classic published
- Chelation conference announced
- TIME spotlights recent research frauds
- Naturopathic practitioner restricted
Issue #12-02, January 12, 2012
- FTC nails marketers of "colon cleanser" and acai berry pills
- Classic fluoridation study reprinted
- Chiropractic old-timers hospitalized with strokes
- Supplement company settles regulatory complaint
- Publishing groups trying to block open access to government-funded research
- Some bone marrow donors may be compensated
- Wakefield sues critics
- American Dietetic Association assumes new name
Consumer Health Digest is part of the Anti-Quackery Ring
Navigate the Ring: Next Site || Previous Site || Random || List Next 5 || List All Sites
This page was revised on February 19, 2012.