2005 Press Releases
Anne Harrington, Ph.D., professor at Harvard University, will present “Is Spirituality Good for Your Health? Historical Reflections on an Emerging Research Enterprise.
NCCAM announces funding of three centers of excellence and two international centers for the study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released a report reviewing the current scientific evidence about the effects of soy on a variety of health conditions.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering a new online Continuing Education Series on complementary and alternative medicine.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) will sponsor a conference covering the underlying biology of manual therapies.
NCCAM, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research have created a unique 3-year fellowship for new researchers to gain expertise in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) and cancer.
NCCAM will host its Distinguished Lecture in the Science of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Ralph Snyderman, M.D., of Duke University and currently visiting professor at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), on “Integrative Medicine: A Foundation for Prospective Health Care.”
Five dietary supplement research centers focusing on studies of botanical products have been jointly funded by NCCAM and the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), both components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
NCCAM announces the release of its new 5-year strategic plan, Expanding Horizons of Health Care: Strategic Plan 2005-2009.
On behalf of our 16 Federal co-sponsors, NCCAM thanks the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies for their thoughtful deliberations and report on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the United States.