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Sorry if you’ve discussed this recently: am looking to correspond with anyone who has successfully used aromatherapy, homeopathy, and other naturopathic methods with horses, dogs, or sheep. I’ve had success using hepar sulph on a horse’s abscessed hoof subsequent to founder and am now treating seedy toe with silica and supplements (as opposed to having a hoof resection). I know folks who use alternative therapies with their dogs but almost none who work with horses, and absolutely none who’ve treated their sheep. Alicia

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>An FDA agent yesterday served author Ralph Moss with a subpoena   >snip > (He said…) >Subpoenas served on journalists who are financially   >unconnected to their subjects have a chilling effect.  They raise the prospect   >that by writing about a controversy you become a participant and potential >target."

Dr, Moss also has a database research service and, for a fee of approx $250, he will tell you what alternative treatments are available for your particular disease or problem.  His is not precisely a referral service (or is it?) but on the other hand, by providing this service Dr. Moss might not be appropriately described as a "journalist".  And, in making "recommendations" and selling books (he puts out a catalog of interesting titles on alternatives) perhaps he is not completely "financially unconnected".   I am interested to hear some opinions.

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An FDA agent yesterday served author Ralph Moss with a subpoena at his New York home, to appear before a Houston federal grand jury investigating Dr. S. R. Burzynski MD, PhD, an alternative cancer doctor.  Houston prosecutors have been harassing Dr. Burzynski for the past 12 years. Ralph Moss is a PhD in Classics from Stanford University, a member of the Office of Alternative Medicine’s national advisory committee, and a prominent critic of the cancer establishment.  He is probably best known for his book "The Cancer Industry" which is highly critical of the cancer mainstream.  He also writes and publishes "The Cancer Chronicles," a newsletter about alternative cancer treatments. The subpoena commanded him to produce "Any and all letters, correspondence tape recordings, notes of conversations, faxes or other communications to, from or with S. R. Burzynski or his agents or employees from January 1, 1988 to present." "The subpoena raises profound First Amendment issues," writes Moss.  "For almost twenty years, I have been consistently critical of the evaluation of alternative treatments.  Subpoenas served on journalists who are financially unconnected to their subjects have a chilling effect.  They raise the prospect that by writing about a controversy you become a participant and potential target." Dean

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