national center for complementary and alternative medicine five-year strategic plan 2001–2005

spine to correct a subluxation demonstrated to exist on x-ray.” In 1974 the Council on Chiroprac- tic Education was recognized t ...

research. Several of these are cancer therapies, including “antineoplastons,” popularized by a physician named Burzynski who cla ...

acupuncture points for treating a given condition. Recently, the FDA reclassified acupuncture needles as devices that do not req ...

dilutions and therapeutic application, and investi- gation into clinical outcomes following homeo- pathic treatment. Naturopathy ...

women’s health issues. Each center will develop a program infrastructure, establish research priori- ties, conduct small “collab ...

accounts of medical misadventures and uncaring managed care institutions; alternative practitioners often give people more time ...

outside of the medical mainstream presents a real barrier to good clinical care.”^31 On the other hand, many patients in the AID ...

series or seminars on the subject. His survey reveals that most are being given by “supporters or propo- nents of alternative me ...

There is little evidence to confirm the safety or efficacy of most alternative therapies. Much of the information currently kno ...

Lerner IJ, Kennedy BJ. The prevalence of question- able methods of cancer treatment in the United States. CA-Cancer J Clin1992; ...

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The National Center for Complementary and Alter- native Medicine (NCCAM) and 16 federal cospon- sors announce the launch of an I ...

complement the recommendations of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alter- native Medicine Policy released earlier ...

Achillea millefolium yarrow Achyranthes bidentata achyranthes root Acorus calamus sweet flag Actaea racemosa ([L] Nutt) black co ...

Castor oil Caulophyllum thalictroides blue cohosh Capsicum minimum cayenne pepper Centaurea sp. cornflower, knap weed Centaurium ...

Gossypium herbaceum L. cotton or hirsutum L Guatteria gaumeri guatteria Greenman Gymnema sylvestre gurmar Gypsum mineral calcium ...

Podophyllum peltatum, mayapple, P. hexandrum, P. emodi mandrake, Indian apple, wild lemon, duck’s foot Polygala tenuifolia polyg ...

Appendix IV 211 Viscum album mistletoe, European (Phoradendron (American) leucarpum, P. flavescens, P. serotinum) Vitex agnus-ca ...

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National Center for Complementary and Alterna- tive Medicine wishes to extend its sincerest grati- tude to the many organization ...