A federal judge ruled Friday that the placebo effect is not a valid excuse to advertise a useless product such as the Q-Ray bracelet, made in Spain by Bio-Ray S.A., distributed by QT Inc. of Illinois, and owned by Que Te Park.US District Judge Morton Denlow ordered QT Inc. to refund over 100,000 duped customers for a bracelet priced up to nearly … [Read more...]

Yesterday a US Advisory Panel of 20 voted 13-to-7 that the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) conclusions on the safety of mercury-based amalgam fillings were not "reasonable," and called for more research.The US Public Health Service said in 1997 that data did not support claims that silver fillings caused serious health problems. The FDA … [Read more...]

A Watchdog group called Public Citizen has asked the FDA to recall the Cyberonics Inc. implantable depression treatment device known as the Vagus Nerve Stimulator (VNS), claiming that Cyberonics has not proved that the electronic stimulator device is effective. In a July press release, Public Citizen called the FDA's approval of an electronic … [Read more...]

Is the government recalling all cigarettes? Of course not. Don't be silly. Why bite the hand that feeds you? Ahh, but the hand is quicker than the eye, and apparently it has been slipping more and more of its highly addictive drug into its already lethal products. Normally we shy away from news that doesn't have to do with product recalls, but this … [Read more...]

According to a recent news story in the Reuters Health section, many companies selling herbal sleep supplements containing valerian (that stuff that smells like stinky feet, but calms you down...) are not using as much of the key ingredient as claimed on the bottle, and sometimes include deadly substances like cadmium and lead.As most know, lead … [Read more...]