New Center Director States "Complementary" Agenda
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The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine will begin funding clinical trials of several alternative medicine treatments. The center was created in February, 1999, and replaces the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) at the National Institutes of Health. It has broader responsibilities than OAM and will be able to assign grants and contracts directly. The center's budget has increased from $19.5 million in 1998 to $68.7 million in FY2000. Treatments under study include St. John's wort, Ginkgo biloba, acupuncture, glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate, shark cartilage, milk thistle, valerian, melatonin, feverfew and echinacea.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Congress wants alternative therapies studied; NIH responds with programs
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Congress has appropriated $2 million to create a new office to evaluate acupuncture, folk remedies, herbs, homeopathy, naturopathy, nutritional treatment, mass age therapy and other practices generally considered outside of the mainstream of medical practice. An ad hoc committee has members who are alternative treatment advocates as well as mainstream physicians and scientists. Members agreed that alternative therapies should be evaluated with the same methods and reproducibility as more conventional therapies. They will develop the study and evaluation methods. The Office will encourage exchange of ideas, student fellowships, research and training programs and find a more positive way of referring to these medical practices. Innovative, integrative or complementary medical practices are possible new terms.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1992
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Alterations Are Ahead at the OAM
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Congress has elevated the status of the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by renaming it the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and increasing its budget from $20 million in 1999 to $50 million. As an office, the OAM could only fund projects indirectly but as a center it can now provide funds directly. In 1999, 13 universities and other institutions were conducting 50 research projects funded by the OAM. Research projects include accupuncture for osteoarthritis, St John's wort for depression, and glucosamine for arthritis.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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