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bullet Fraudulent Health Claims: Don't Be Fooled. Portable Document Format Think that new breakthrough product is just what you need? Think again. Get the facts about miracle claims, learn who is at risk and how to spot fraudulent promises. 9 pp. (1999, FTC)
bullet Getting Information From FDA. Three letters everyone is familiar with are FDA-the Food and Drug Administration. Learn more about this agency, what it does, and what information it can give you. 3 pp. (1998, FDA)
bullet Homeopathy: Real Medicine or Empty Promises? Learn about this method of treating disease, including its history, current practices, and how it's regulated. 5 pp. (1998, FDA)
bullet New Ways to Prevent and Treat AIDS. Describes new home-use testing kits, drug treatments, and other advances in fighting AIDS. 4 pp. (1997, FDA)
bulletTAHFIN Fact Sheets. Just the facts in English and in Spanish!
bulletToo Good To Be True. A TAHFIN educational slide show presentation in English and in Spanish.

Publications for Sale

bulletBarrett, Stephen; et. al. (1993) The Health Robbers - A Close Look at Quackery in America
bulletButler, Kurt; Barrett, Stephen (1992) A Consumers Guide to Alternative Medicine - A Close Look at Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Faith-Healing, and Other Unconventional Treatments
bulletNew! Deutsch, Ronald M. (1977) The New Nuts Among the Berries
bulletFDA Consumer. Want to know the latest therapies, newest drugs, or the best ways to stay healthy? Get the latest with a 6-issue subscription to this publication. [Order form]
bulletHafner, Arthur Wayne (1993) Reader's Guide to Alternative Health Methods
bulletHerbert, Victor; et. al. (1994) The Vitamin Pushers - How the 'Health Food' Industry Is Selling America a Bill of Goods
bulletNew! Hilts, Philip J. (2003) Protecting America's Health: The Fda, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation
bulletMcCoy, Robert (2000) Quack : Tales of Medical Fraud from the Museum of Questionable Medical Devices
bulletRaso, Jack; Barrett, Stephen (1994) Alternative Healthcare - A Comprehensive Guide
bulletYoung, James (1992) The Medical Messiahs - A Social History of Health Quackery in Twentieth-Century America
bulletYoung, James Harvey (1992) American Health Quackery - Collected Essays
bulletZwicky, John F. Alternative therapies, unproven methods, and health fraud - a selected annotated bibliography

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