Health Fraud Health information topics about 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   Recommended Resources: Yahoo! 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