Studies of the safety, effectiveness, and biological action of botanical products are major focuses for the five dietary supplement research centers selected to be jointly funded by the Office of Dietary Supplements and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, two components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH’s National Cancer Institute is co-supporting two of the five centers

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NIH Announces Five Botanical Research Centers

As many as one in five Americans have symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Many people with IBS turn to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to help relieve their symptoms

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome and CAM: At a Glance

The NCCAM Integrative Medicine Research Lecture Series provides overviews of the current state of research and practice involving complementary and alternative medicine practices and approaches, and explores perspectives on the emerging discipline of integrative medicine. Date: August 9, 2010 Speaker: Claudia Witt, M.D., Professor for Complementary Medicine and Vice Director at the Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics Charite University Medical Center in Berlin, Germany Topic: The acupuncture trials from Germany: What do they tell us about efficacy, effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and safety?

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Claudia Witt on the German Acupuncture Trials

People with cancer want to do everything they can to combat the disease, manage its symptoms, and cope with the side effects of treatment. Many turn to practices known collectively as CAM (complementary and alternative medicine)—for example, botanical (herbal) and other dietary supplements, acupuncture, massage, and yoga.

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Cancer and CAM: At a Glance

A physician’s credentials—the licenses, certificates, and diplomas on the office walls—tell us about that person’s professional qualifications to advise and treat us.

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Credentialing CAM Providers: Understanding CAM Education, Training, Regulation, and Licensing

Many adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease are currently using or would consider using complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)—specifically mind-body therapies such as relaxation and guided imagery—to help manage their symptoms, according to a study published in the journal Inflammatory Bowel Disease . This disease is actually a group of disorders (including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis) that cause inflammation of the intestines.

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Study Asks Adolescents With Inflammatory Bowel Disease About Use of CAM Mind-Body Therapies

Add a widget/button to your Web site or to your local social network profile. Four out of 10 adults in the U.S. use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

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According to a recent analysis of the 2002 National Health Interview Survey, approximately 6 percent of U.S. adults used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to treat their back pain during the previous year. The data from this analysis, published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine , also revealed that a majority (60 percent) of survey respondents who used the most common CAM therapies for back pain perceived “a great deal” of benefit

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Analysis of National Survey Reveals Perceived Benefit of CAM for Back Pain

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) brings you a new issue of the newsletter Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Focus on Research and Care , at http://nccam.nih.gov/news/newsletter/2010_may/ .

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CAM Focus on Research and Care May 2010 Newsletter

The National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM) will meet on June 3–4, 2010 in Rockville, MD. The first day of the meeting will examine the potential role of CAM in health behavior research. Current strategies to promote healthy behaviors and behavior change are often inadequate.

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Advisory Council Meeting Agenda for June 4th 2010