The Influence of “Junk” Science in Manipulating and Shaping the Health Care Marketplace
Richard Malter, Ph.D. [Original publication: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 16, No. 2, 2001] For the second time in the past 15 years, the Journal of the American Medical Association has published an article attacking the reliability of the test results produced by laboratories doing hair tissue mineral analysis.1,2 Both times, I found that the […]
A Developmental Study of Sex Differences in Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis Patterns at Ages Six, Twelve and Eighteen
Rick Malter, Ph.D.1; Cassie Rendon; Renee Aalund [Original publication: Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine Vol. 20, No. 4, 2005] Abstract The close relationship between estrogen, copper and calcium suggested that significant gender differences would be found in Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis (HTMA) data for calcium, magnesium, and copper at different age levels. The estrogen, copper and […]
