An October 30, 2006 NewsChannel5.com piece described the trans fat controversy:
Some think the issue is overblown. The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) said focusing on trans fat obscures the real health message.
"A little bit of trans fat will not kill you. I think the bottom line is we need to keep overall fat consumption to a minimum. If you remove trans fat we are not going to be solving this nation's obesity crisis," Jeff Stier with ACSH said.
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A November 1, 2006 piece by Anita Srikameswaran notes ACSH's position on the potential use of smokeless tobacco as a harm reduction method:
According to the American Council on Science and Health, encouraging cigarette smokers to switch to chew, particularly products that contain low levels of cancer-causing nitrosamines, could substantially reduce health costs and the incidence of both lung and heart disease.
A November 29, 2006 piece by Julia A. Seymour of the Media Research Center's Business & Media Institute contrasts the scientific vindication of silicone breast implants with the fear of them in the media, noting the reaction from ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross:
This report provides a description of traditional and modern smokeless tobacco products. It reviews the epidemiologic evidence for low health risks associated with smokeless use, both in absolute terms and in comparison to the much higher risks of smoking.
A March 14, 2007 piece on the website of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review describes ACSH's survey of Nutritional Accuracy in Popular Magazines:
A March 14, 2007 piece describes colon-irrigation advocate Lidia Huzar-Nash but also mentions skepticism about colonics, quoting ACSH Advisor Dr. Stephen Barrett:
A March 16, 2007 piece by Kathleen Doheny about e-mailed health rumors has some sound advice from ACSH's Jeff Stier:
"If the email is the only place you are seeing it [information about the hazard], there is a reason," says Jeff Stier, spokesman for the American Council on Science and Health, in New York. If you don't see or hear the same information on the nightly news, a mainstream newspaper, or a credible web site, be suspicious, he says.
The January 6, 2007 issue of the British science journal The Lancet included an obituary, written by Hannah Brown, for Dr. David Kritchevsky, which featured comments from his fellow ACSH Advisors Dr.s David Klurfeld and Jon Story as well as ACSH president Dr. Elizabeth Whelan:
An April 30, 2007 item by David E. Williams criticized a Wall Street Journal letter by ACSH's Todd Seavey that defended drug patents:
Todd Seavey from the American Council on Science and Health has himself worked up into a lather about Thailand’s willingness to break drug company patents to cut its spending on AIDS drugs ("Drug Patent Violations, Knock-Offs Harm Us All")...
A piece by Cornelia Kean in the May 2007 Pharmacy Practice News quotes ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross on direct-to-consumer drug ads:
This piece first appeared on HuffingtonPost.com.
A February 1, 2007 article by Michael Downey quotes ACSH's Dr. Elizabeth Whelan to explain why even sellers of "natural" foods ought to care about mainstream scientific research:
A January 2007 article by Heartland Institute's Aricka T. Flowers quotes ACSH on trans fat:
"There is no relation between trans fat and obesity," said Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, president of the American Council on Science and Health, a Manhattan-based consumer-education nonprofit focused on health and lifestyle issues.
A February 26, 2007 article describes a disillusioning study about garlic's purported cholesterol-lowering powers and quotes ACSH's Dr. Ruth Kava:
"I think that what's happened over the last 10 to 12 years in this country is that supplements have gotten a much better rep than many deserve," she said. "The garlic claim has been out there for quite a while, but manufacturers have been making all sorts of qualified claims that aren't really backed up with substantial clinical evidence."
A December 13, 2006 article by Michelle Bryner notes a study suggesting dioxin has caused decreased testosterone levels, briefly noting ACSH's dissent:
"All conclusions are somewhat exaggerated, and are not statistically significant," says Gilbert Ross, ACSH medical/executive director.
A July 27, 2007 piece by Katherine Mangu-Ward cites ACSH on breast cancer [UPDATE: and here's hoping former _Reason_ editor Virginia Postrel's own breast cancer treatment goes well]:
The American Council on Science and Health (professional home of reason contributor Todd Seavey), offers a pair of well-rounded reports on developments in cancer prevention:
A July 23, 2007 piece on tighter ozone restrictions notes the skepticism of ACSH's Dr. Elizabeth Whelan:
There is an apparent discrepancy between last week's Lancet Infectious Diseases review article -- which asserted that the lifesaving benefits of influenza (flu) vaccination in the elderly was overstated -- and today's New England Journal of Medicine multicenter study of the extent of mortality benefit over a ten-year period -- which found that the death rate was substantially reduced among seniors who got the vaccine.
Ron Bailey wrote an article for the October 2007 issue of Reason magazine derived from his ACSH report on Scrutinizing Industry-Funded Science:
This letter appeared in the September 4, 2007 Science section of the New York Times.
To the Editor:
Re "For a Low-Dose Hormone, Take Your Pick," (The Consumer, Aug. 28): Women seeking relief from menopausal symptoms should be strongly discouraged from resorting to "bioidenticals." Contrary to their misleading name, these compounds are not identical to anything in nature.
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Amid the welter of often-conflicting diet and health advice, it can be difficult to figure out what constitutes a healthful diet and lifestyle -- especially when it comes to preventing heart disease. Should one go low-fat or avoid alcohol while doubling up on soy foods? How much exercise is enough, and should it be aerobic or strength training? A new report in the Archives of Internal Medicine (Akesson, A, et al., Combined effect of low-risk dietary and lifestyle behaviors in primary prevention of myocardial infarction in women. Arch Intern Med.
A July 31, 2007 piece by Steve Cornett on country-of-origin labeling notes the opinion of ACSH's Jeff Stier that it's not a very good way to protect health:
Here are a couple of things I didn't write but wish I had. From Jeff Stier in, of all places, the HuffingtonPost, is an accurate assessment of the rush to COOL.
As stated previously, I'm cool with COOL, but only because it will help us segregate offensive product.
That the tobacco industry is dead set on increasing its appeal to young people should by now be no news to anyone. What seems to surprise Newsweek columnist Anna Quindlen (Oct. 1, "Killing the Consumer") is that many magazines are enablers for Big Tobacco.
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