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White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy March 2002 complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies - chiropractic, …

White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy March 2002

Chairmans Vision

The Chairmans Vision James S Gordon, MD Two years ago, in March 2000, the President and Congress responded to public demand and public need by creating the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy The Commissions mandate was to develop legislative and administrative recommendations that would help public policy maximize potential benefits, to consumers and American health care, of complementary and alternative medicine CAM therapies - chiropractic, acupuncture, massage, herbs, and nutritional and mind-body therapies, as well as a host of other approaches Many of the 20 Presidentially appointed Commissioners are conventionally trained health professionals and others are trained purely as CAM practitioners Several more are conventional health professionals who integrate complementary and alternative approaches into their work The Commission also includes a
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orthodoxy and push complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) to the outlines the main reasons that alternative medicines continue to be kept out of …

From Common Ground http://wwwcommongroundca, August, 2006 Monopoly Medicine Squashes the Alternatives by Alan Cassels After 12 years of conducting research in and around the pharmaceutical industry, I have developed a single, compelling hypothesis Orthodox medicine, which is supported by, partnered with and sometimes dependent upon the pharmaceutical industry, has worked to squash the competition and effectively deprive us of alternatives to prescription drugs primarily vitamins and herbal treatments and other potentially useful treatments There, Ive said it The problem is I am not sure I believe it I mean, can Big Pharma really wield that much power over the medical orthodoxy and push complementary and alternative medicine CAM to the margins, where it may be ignored or otherwise not taken seriously? If this is true, wheres the evidence? Show me the smoking gun, I say Thus begins my journey to see if there is enough evidence to prove or disprove this theory and to determine if modern
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THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE. Volume 11, Number 3, 2005, pp. 459464 complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) interven …

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Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM)? A: Alternative medicine includes a Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM) discount program for Blue Cross and …

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QA: Complementary Alternative Medicine
Q: Is BlueExtras a benefit of my health plan? A: No Its strictly a discount program only Q: What is Complementary Alternative Medicine CAM? A: Alternative medicine includes a variety of therapies that may help to promote wellness, prevent illness and address existing symptoms and conditions Increasingly, many medical professionals regard alternative medicine as complementary to conventional medicine Q: What types of practitioners are affiliated with the CAM program? A: Acupuncturists, stress management experts including yoga, meditation and guided imagery, massage therapists, personal trainers, spa technicians, nutrition counselors, Tai Chi and Qi Gong instructors are just some of the practitioners accessible through the CAM discount program Practitioners go though an application process including a peer review by practitioners who participate in the program Acceptance into the program is based on training, licensure and experience
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Alternative Medicine (CAM) therapies of Alternative Medicine. He is Chicago Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Conference. Room reservations …

DECEMBER 12-13, 2008
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research and MAYO CLINIC Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program

Chicago Annual Conference On Complementary and Alternative Medicine CAM
Evidence-Based Review for Your Medical Practice
The Drake Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Special Guests:
Jaung-Geng Lin, MD, PhD Distinguished Professor and World-Renowned Acupuncturist China Medical University Taiwan George L Bakris, MD, FAHA, FASN Professor of Medicine and Director of the Hypertensive Diseases Unit University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Chicago, IL Yang Yang, PhD Taiji and Qigong Master Director, Center for Taiji and Qigong Studies New York, NY

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CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
Most current studies suggest that 40-60 of US adults are using some form of Complementary and Alternative Medicine CAM as part of their overall approach to health and wellness This presents both challenges as well as opportunities
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Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a component of complementary and alternative medicine? Complementary and alternative medicine, as defined …

What Is Complementary and Alternative Medicine CAM?

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here are many terms used to describe approaches to health care that are outside the realm of conventional medicine as practiced in the United States This fact sheet explains how the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine NCCAM, a component of the National Institutes of Health, defines some of the key terms used in the field of complementary and alternative medicine CAM Terms that are underlined in the text are defined at the end of this fact sheet What is complementary and alternative medicine? Complementary and alternative medicine, as defined by NCCAM, is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine1,2 While some scientific evidence exists regarding some CAM therapies, for most there are key questions that are yet to be answered through well-designed scientific studies–questions such as whether these
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Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) Series is a complementary and alternative medicines. All documents are fully referenced, …

H E A LT H C A R E : C O M P L E M E N TA RY A N D A LT E R N AT I V E M E D I C I N E

Thomson Micromedex

Complementary Alternative Medicine Series
The Micromedex Complementary Alternative Medicine CAM Series is a comprehensive source of clinically focused, scientifically sound information about complementary and alternative medicines All documents are fully referenced, The authorative source for complementary and alternative medicine covering:
Herbal medicines and dietary supplements CAM-focused patient education Herbal and other dietary supplement interactions Guidelines on therapies for disease states and medical conditions

written, and peer reviewed by authorities in both conventional Western medicine and alternative medicine

THE CAM SERIES INCLUDES: AltMedDex System
Contains unbiased, evidence-based monographs covering herbal, vitamin, mineral, and other dietary supplements Provides comprehensive referenced monographs on efficacy, uses, dosing, pharmacological
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Alternative Medicine. In 1997, 42% of US adults reported using. one or more forms of alternative medicine. $27 billion out of pocket dollars spent on …

The Terror Within: Americans Fight Obesity with Diet and Supplements
Debra Sullivan PhD, RD
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition University of Kansas Medical Center

It is estimated that approximately 38 of women and 24 of men are trying to lose weight at any point in time
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition2001;411: 1-28

Alternative Medicine
In 1997, 42 of US adults reported using one or more forms of alternative medicine 27 billion out of pocket dollars spent on alternative medicine in 1997 Less than 40 of the alternative therapies were disclosed to a physician
Eisenberg DM et al JAMA 280:1569, 1988

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Lifestyle changes to lose weight are difficult More readily available, less expensive Perpetuation of the myth that natural equals safe

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According to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a randomized digit telephone survey conducted in
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Complementary & Alternative Medicine With support from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) …

Integrating Complementary Alternative Therapies with Conventional Care

The Convergence of Complementary, Alternative Conventional Health Care: Educational Resources for Health Professionals

This publication is one in a series of educational resource materials on complementary and alternative health care issues published by the Program on Integrative Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill entitled:

The Convergence of Complementary, Alternative Conventional Health Care: Educational Resources for Health Professionals
Titles in the series include: Understanding the Convergence of Complementary, Alternative Conventional Care in the United States Concepts of Healing Models of Care Evidence-Based Medicine Complementary Alternative Therapies Assessing the Effectiveness of Complementary Alternative Medicine Safety Issues in Complementary Alternative Medicine Evaluating Information Sources for Complementary Alternative Health Care Information Sources for
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The editors of Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine invite authors to submit original alternative therapies in health and medicine include, …

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Knowledge of, Attitudes Toward, and Experience of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Western Medicine and Oriental MedicineTrained Physicians in Korea
| Sang-Il Lee, MD, PhD, MPH, Young-Ho Khang, MD, PhD, Moo-Song Lee, MD, PhD, and Weechang Kang, PhD
Complementary and alternative medicine CAM, which usually refers to a large range of therapies outside mainstream Western medicine, has grown in worldwide popularity in the past 10 years15 One Korean study found that 29 of adults who perceived themselves as ill sought CAM therapies in 1 year6 In total, 231 different CAM therapies in use were identified, and about half of CAM users indicated that they would recommend CAM to others The study also reported that in Korea, out-of-pocket expenditures for CAM were 40 of those for Western medicine This prevalence of CAM use raised questions about the characteristics of CAM providers in Korea Over the past decade, Western physicians in many non-Asian countries have
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