The Ideological Chasm

by | Jun 28, 2006 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

How wide is the ideological chasm between backers of the existing medical establishment and of complementary health approaches? Still fairly wide, based on some responses to my latest BusinessWeek.com column questioning the FDA’s decision to threaten cherry...

Protecting the Food Chain

by | Jun 27, 2006 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

My latest column on BusinessWeek.com reports on how the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has  come down on small cherry farmers and distributors for claiming that tart cherries can improve your health. I still can’t figure out why the FDA decided...

Why Doesn’t the Government Go After KFC?

by | Jun 15, 2006 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit organization, says it has a message for fast food fried chicken chain KFC: "See you in court, Colonel Sanders." CSPI is suing KFC over its use of trans fat in its fried chicken, which it says...

California Authorities Rule on Malpractice Case

by | Jun 12, 2006 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

The office of California’s Attorney General has advised the father of a young woman who died shortly after giving birth to her first child that the evidence is insufficient to warrant legal action against the two physicians accused of screwing up. I wrote about...

Throwing Away Food

by | Jun 7, 2006 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

I’ve been trying to avoid as much as possible consuming three biggies in our diet: sugar, dairy, and wheat (along with all the artificial sweeteners and caffeine).  I’ve actually gotten pretty used to not consuming these items. The big challenge...