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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) health information available at httpvynccam.nih.gov/health/... 

Acknowledgments We thank David Huhman for assistance with mass spectrometry analysis. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (award 1 POl AT004511) and the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. 

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health (http nccam.nih.gov/) has created a hrik to the National Library of Medicine s databases to facilitate research for articles that specifically relate to medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency and complementary medicine. To search the database, go to the following Web site http /ywww.nlm.nih.gov/nccan camonpubmed.htinl. Select CAM on PubMed. Enter medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency (or synonyms) into the search box. CHck Go. The following references provide information on particular aspects of complementary and alternative medicine that are related to medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency ... 

The interest in all sorts of alternative and complementary interventions is in contrast to evidence-based medicine. These are interventions, often commercially promoted, that do not have a scientific basis for their proposed efficacy, and usually have not been evaluated scientifically for their safety and efficacy. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the NIH (http //nccam.nih.gov) was established in 1999 to bring scientific methods to bear on these interventions. 

Responds as the expert resource for CDER to issues and meeting requests from the Office of the Commissioner and interfaces on common botanical issues and fosters communication with the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). 

The federal government has had some insight into the need for a federal office to oversee dissemination of information on alternative medicine. Previously known as the Office of Alternative Medicine (established in 1992), the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) was established in 1998 as part of the National Institutes of Health. The mission of the NCCAM is to give the public reliable information on the safety and effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine, with an emphasis on clinical trial sponsorship.The budget of the NCCAM has grown from 2 million in 1992 to almost 70 million in 2000, and almost half the budget is mandated to fund peer-reviewed grants. The NCCAM also helps to disseminate information to... 

This study was partly funded by NIH/NCCAM Grants R21AT001317-02 and AT000412-02 jointly provided to GBM by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NCCAM or the NIH. 

Among twenty-five clinical trials on cranberry juice or extracts in early 2009, half were investigating specifically these anti-adhesion/anti-bacterial effects. The largest, most advanced study is a series of related phase II clinical trials by the U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health involving 250 to 400 female patients in each study. This research is distinctive among superfruits in that it is related not to the hallmark of public interest in superfruits—antioxidant properties—but rather to antibacterial effects. 

These martial arts are made up of a series of movements, usually coordinated with breathing. Watching an experienced tai chi practitioner is like watching a beautiful choreographed dance. The U.S. National Institutes of Health s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is funding research on tai chi in a number of areas, including its effects on the immune system its role in stress reduction and ability to cope in women diagnosed with breast cancer and its ability to help alleviate osteoarthritis of the knee and improve physical function and immunity in those with rheumatoid arthritis.1... 

According to a 2002 survey conducted by the National Institutes of Health, more than 8.2 million Americans have used acupuncture for the prevention of pain or other health problems.7 It is effective at treating numerous ailments, from back pain and menstrual cramps to headaches and fibromyalgia. A study funded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine demonstrated that acupuncture provides pain relief and improves function for people with osteoarthritis of the knee.8 There are hundreds of scientific studies like this one outlining the incredible effectiveness of acupuncture. 

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. National Institutes of Health. Acupuncture for Osteoarthritis of the Knee Study Results. December 20, 2004. Available at http //nccam.nih.gov/research/ results/acu-osteo.htm. 

To further investigate the benefits of SAM-e and other alternative medications, the National Institute of Health has set up a National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). Its mission is to support rigorous research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), to train researchers in CAM, and to disseminate information to the public and professionals on which CAM modalities work, which do not, and why. There is no doubt CAM will be an invaluable resource for people seeking other options besides conventional antidepressants. 

Thus, it may be mentioned that the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is seeking scientific answers using CAM against cancer, for example, from practitioners and patients. In light of the fact that more than 1.3 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer each year (accompanied by over 0.5 or 0.6 million deaths), all things considered the total cost can be set at 171.6 billion at the time of writing. 

At the same time, one would think that the U.S. government should take up the slack and become more involved in plant remedies, say, via the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute. (An Office of Alternative Medicine, later called the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, was founded within the National Institutes of Health, but all seems quiet at the front lines.) Furthermore, as already indicated, musical chairs are being played by government and industry (and academia as weU, which depends on research grants). Call it collusion if you will. It is the downside of capitalism in action. The human element always will out. 

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