If anyone quotes back to you the warnings about CS that are listed on
the website of The National Centre FOR Complementary and Alternative
Medicine just remember this...
The NCCAM used to be called simply and more honestly The Office OF
Alternative Medicine. The name was changed to the current misleading
title in 1998. (The NCCAM aint FOR alternative medicine at all).
It has an an 18 member Council appointed by the Secretary of Health
and Human Services. According to the charter 15 of these members
shall be from conventional medical, scientific and professional
backgrounds. (At least 9 must be doctors)
Only 3 of the 18 members of the council "shall represent the
interests of individual consumers of complementary and alternative
medicine".
The first stated mission of the NACCM is to "Explore complementary
and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous
science". In other words, its all about alternative medicine being
judged by conventional medicine.
The NCCAM also funds studies into alternative medicine. But check
these out. I don't think theres much alternative MEDICINE actually
being studied here..
Examples of Currently Funded Research
A few examples illustrate the broad array of basic, preclinical, and
clinical research projects—related to various health conditions and
CAM modalities—supported by NCCAM:
* Randomized study of tai chi in the management of chronic heart failure
* Clinical trial to test S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAMe) for the
treatment of depression in patients with Parkinson's disease
* Randomized study of the effects of massage on the immune system of
preterm infants
* Analysis of U.S. health surveys to examine CAM use among racial and
ethnic minorities
* Exploratory study of the effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields
on rheumatoid arthritis symptoms
* Study of the neurochemical mechanisms in the placebo response
* Study to measure the effects of Reiki on stress-induced intestinal
damage using an animal model
* Research center grants to support basic and clinical research on
botanicals
* Research center on the neurobiology of acupuncture
* Developmental center on chiropractic manipulation.
Regards
David
http://nccam.nih.gov/about/advisory/naccam/charter.htm
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