Health Fraud

Directories

1.	Who Cares: Sources of Information about Health Car Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/health/whocares/

Law and Policy

1.	Reporting Unlawful Sales of Medical Products on th Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/oc/buyonline/buyonlineform.htm




2.	Pay It Right! Protecting Medicare from Fraud Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.medicare.gov/publications/pubs/pdf/10111.pdf




3.	How to Report Problems with Products Regulated by Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/problem.html

Organizations

1.	Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/




2.	Federal Bureau of Investigation http://www.fbi.gov/




3.	Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/

Overviews

1.	'Miracle' Health Claims: Add a Dose of S Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/health/frdheal.htm




2.	How to Spot Health Fraud Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/1999/699_fraud.html

Related Issues

1.	Use Caution Buying Medical Products Online Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2005/105_buy.html




2.	Truth about Choosing Medical Treatments Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/medfraud.html




3.	Tipping the Scales? Weight-Loss Ads Found Heavy on Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/features/wgtloss.htm




4.	Biothreats -- Are Claims to Treat Really Just a Tr Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/biothrtalrt.htm




5.	Buying Diagnostic Tests from the Internet: Buyer B Center for Devices and Radiological Health http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/buyerbeware.html




6.	Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Evaluate C Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SA00078




7.	Health Related Hoaxes and Rumors Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/doc.do/id/0900f3ec80226b9c




8.	Over-the-Counter Wrinkle Creams: Miracle or Market Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=SN00010




9.	Pump Fiction: Tips for Buying Exercise Equipment Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/products/pumpfict.htm




10.	Rx for Products That Claim to Prevent SARS? A Heal Federal Trade Commission http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/sarsalrt.htm

Research

1.	Simple Test Rates Accuracy of Cancer-Related Web S American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Simple_Test_Rates_Accura...

Seniors

1.	Consumer Protection Tips Administration on Aging http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/smp/consprof/consprof_resources_tips.asp




2.	Health Quackery: Spotting Health Scams National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/healthqy.asp