About NCAHF

• Mission Statement (updated 11/30/09)
• Quackery-Related Definitions (updated 3/2/01)
• NCAHF Manifesto (posted 12/1/00)
• NCAHF's History (posted 6/25/01)
• Contact Information (revised 11/30/09)

How to Become Involved

• Join the Health Fraud Discussion List
• Free Electronic Newsletter (Consumer Health Digest) FEATURE

Publications

• NCAHF Newsletter Archive (1991-2002)
• Consumer Health Digest Archives [2001] [2002] [2003] [2004]
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• Consumer Protection Books for Sale (updated 7/20/06)
• Magazines, Newsletters, and Journals (updated 3/8/08)
• Resource Documents: Index to more than 50 articles (updated 12/23/03)

Position Papers and Other Task Force Reports

• Acupuncture (1990)
• Amalgam Fillings (2002)
• Chiropractic (1985)
• Diet and Criminal Behavior (1983)
• Diploma Mills (1986)
• Herbal Remedies (1995)
• Homeopathy (1994)
• Multilevel Marketing of Health Products (2003)
• White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy (2002) FEATURE

Policy Statements

• Chelation Therapy [Text] [PDF] (posted 10/8/02)
• Model Veterinary Practice Act (link to another site)

Consumer Information Statements

• Commercial Weight-Loss Programs (1987)
• Faith Healing and Psychic Surgery (1987)
• Multilevel Marketing of Health Products (1993)
• Supplement Abuse (1987)

Occasional Papers by NCAHF Board Members and Others

• Antiquackery Efforts in the United States (posted 2/14/00)
• Obituary of John H. Renner, M.D., NCAHF President 1998-2000 (posted 3/21/01)
• Obituary of Victor Herbert, M.D., NCAHF Board Member 1984-2002 (posted 11/22/02)
• Statements to the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
  • William M. London, EdD, MPH (revised 5/23/01)
  • Simeon Margolis, MD, PhD (posted 5/24/01)
• Testimony to the Senate Special Committee on Aging
  • Robert S. Baratz, MD, DDS, PhD (posted 9/10/01)
  • Timothy N. Gorski, MD, FACOG (posted 9/11/01)
• Analysis of Flawed Data on the Incidence of "Unconventional Medicine"
• PBS Broadcast Angers Chiropractors (posted 6/18/02)

Legal and Regulatory Matters

• Aromatherapy Company Agrees to Stop False Advertising
• Where to Complain about Health Fraud (link to Quackwatch)

Links to Other Sites

• American Council on Science and Health (ACSH)
• Australian Council Against Health Fraud
• Chirobase (Quackwatch's skeptical guide to chiropractic history, theories, and current practices)
• Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly CSICOP)
• Current Issues in Alternative Medicine (CINAM)
• Homeowatch (Quackwatch's skeptical guide to homeopathic history, theories, and practices)
• James Randi Educational Foundation
• MLM Watch (Quackwatch's guide to multilevel marketing)
• Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
• The Quack-Files
• Quackwatch
• RatbagsDotCom (fighting quackery with humor)
• Skeptical Information Sources
• Skeptics Dictionary (over 300 topics)
• Veterinary Watch
• Other Valuable Sites (many links)

Ring Membership

• Anti-Quackery Ring (health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies)
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