Index of News Items

Enforcement Actions

• Aromatherapy Company Agrees to Stop False Advertising (updated 11/16/00)
• BreathAsure Claims Halted By Federal Court (updated 3/3/99)
• Burzynski's Cancer Treatment Limited (posted 11/23/99)
• California Board Revokes Podiatrist's License (updated 10/29/01)
• Chiropractor Disciplined for Excessive Solicitation (posted 6/19/02)
• Columbia Pacific University Ordered to Close Permanently (updated 10/16/01)
• Enforma Marketers to Pay $10 million penalty (posted 5/2/00)
• Ephedra Products under Attack in United States and Canada (posted on 1/13/02)
• Eyeglass World Agrees to Revise Practices and Pay Penalties Totaling $500,000 (posted 2/12/01)
• False Claims Halted for Pain-Relief Device (The Stimulator) (posted 12/27/99)
• Four Men Arrested in Anthrax-Related Stock Fraud Scheme (posted 12/18/01)
• FDA Attacks Shark Cartilage (updated 6/900)
• FTC Attacks "Stabilized Oxygen" Claims (updated 5/1/00)
• FTC Curbs Unsubstantiated Claims for Zinc Lozenges (posted 11/26/99)
• FTC Halts Unsubstantiated Claims That Evening Primrose Oil and Pycnogenol Are Effective against Attention Deficit Disorder (posted 6/6/00)
• Herbal Cigarette Companies Must Stop Implying Products are Safe (posted 5/2/00)
• Internet Drug Sales Attacked by Kansas Attorney General (updated 12/18/99)
• "Miss Cleo" Promoters Sentenced in Missouri (posted 10/8/02) NEW
• "Nutrition Counselor" Fined for Misconduct (posted 2/20/98)
• Ozone Generators: Sellers Imprisoned (posted 11/7/99)
• Phony Health Survey Stopped (posted 8/23/99)
• Revocation Ordered for "Biological Dentist" Douglas J. Phillips, DDS (updated 4/11/02)
• Rife Machine Operator Sued (updated 3/6/00)
• Scientists Urge Surgeon General to Disband WHCCAMP (posted 10/29/01)
• Tahitian Noni Claims Curbed By Attorney General Action (posted 10/9/98)
• Vitamin Producers Plead Guilty to Price-Fixing (posted 5/23/99)
• Wilson's Syndrome": Naturopath Penalized for Unprofessional Conduct (updated 4/10/01)

Other News

• AMA Settles Sunbeam Fiasco (updated 8/16/98)
• American Psychiatric Association Health Advisory on "Ecstacy" (MDMA) (link to APA site)
• Cigarette marketing expenses hit record but domestic sales are dropping (posted 3/14/01)
• Edelson Center Sued for Fraud and Malpractice (posted 11/28/01)
• "Gerber Class-Action Settlement" Is a Hoax (posted 10/15/97)
• Herbalife, Other Ephedra Marketers Face Soaring Insurance Rates (posted 4/12/02)
• Internet Fraud Center Opened (posted 10/15/00)
• Law passed to punish Falun Gong leaders (revised 11/1/99)
• Laetrile Spammers Facing $631,585 Penalty (updated 9/9/00)
• MotherNature.com Shutting Down (posted 2/4/01)
• PlanetFeedback Launches Site for Empowering Consumers (posted 4/28/00)
• "Rebirthers" Who Killed Child Receive 16-Year Prison Terms (revised 6/18/01)
• Secretin Found Ineffective for Treating Austism (revised 12/4/01)
• Top Actions Congress Can Take to Promote the Nation's Health (posted 4/15/00)
• UFO Abduction Insurance: $10,000,000 Policy Available! (posted 12/5/97)
• Unification Church Launches New Naturopathy School (posted 11/7/97)
• Web Site Rating Systems Questioned (posted 2/24/98)

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