2013 Press Releases

NIH’s NCCAM Welcomes Four New Advisory Council Members 06/07/13

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health welcomes four new members to the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine. The council serves as the principal advisory body to NCCAM, the lead federal agency for research on complementary and integrative medicine.

NIH Study Provides Clarity on Supplements for Protection against Blinding Eye Disease (NEI)

05/05/13

“Millions of older Americans take nutritional supplements to protect their sight without clear guidance regarding benefit and risk,” said NEI director Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D. “This study clarifies the role of supplements in helping prevent advanced AMD, an incurable, common, and devastating disease that robs older people of their sight and independence.”

EDTA Chelation Therapy Modestly Reduces Cardiovascular Events (NHLBI)

03/26/13

Results from the chelation arm of the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) were published in the March 27, 2013, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

NIH Statement on the Vitamin Component of the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (NHLBI)

03/10/13

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Director Gary H. Gibbons, M.D.

Preliminary results from the vitamin component of the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) were released during the American College of Cardiology’s 2013 Scientific Sessions.