The quarterly newsletter from NCCAM

Past Issues

2008

• Volume XV, Number 1: April 2008
  Featuring: Josephine P. Briggs, M.D., Named Director of NCCAM; 10th Anniversary of NIH Acupuncture Conference; Meet Advisory Council Member Sheldon Cohen, Ph.D.; Profile of the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements; and other stories
• Volume XV, Number 2: July 2008
  Featuring: New Campaign Encourages Open Communication About CAM; NIH Botanical Research Centers; Fibromyalgia and CAM: At a Glance; Meet NACCAM Member Stephen Barnes, Ph.D.; and other stories
• Volume XV, Number 3: October 2008
  Featuring: Tips for Talking with Your Health Care Provider; NCCAM Hosts Meditation Workshop; Meet NACCAM Member Margery Gass, M.D.; Happiness and Systematic Mind-Body Training; and other stories

2007

• Volume XIV, Number 1: Winter
  Featuring: Survey: Older Americans' Discussion of CAM with Doctors; Thinking About CAM Therapies for Young People; Perspective: Dr. Kathi J. Kemper on Integrative Pediatric Care
• Volume XIV, Number 2: Spring
  Featuring: In Memoriam: Stephen E. Straus, M.D.; NCCAM's Centers of Excellence; Perspective: Christopher Gardner, Ph.D.; Focus: Four Plans for Weight Loss; Garlic for LDL Cholesterol
• Volume XIV, Number 3: Summer
  Featuring: Placebos: Sugar, Shams, Therapies, or All of the Above?; CAM Stakeholders Bring Their Views to NCCAM Dialogue; Perspective: Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord; CAM Use in America: Up Close
• Volume XIV, Number 4: Fall
  Featuring: International Team Studies South African Plant for HIV/AIDS; Meet NACCAM Member Carlo Calabrese, M.D., M.P.H.; Low Back Pain: NACCAM Symposium; First Transagency Fellow in Cancer CAM

2006

• Volume XIII, Number 1: Winter
  Featuring: What Is Ayurveda?; New Research Centers
• Volume XIII, Number 2: Spring
  Featuring: Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate Study Results Announced; The Irresistible Treat That Might Help Resistance
• Volume XIII, Number 3: Summer
  Featuring: International Research Conference Highlights Progress, New Directions; Getting To Know "Friendly Bacteria"
• Volume XIII, Number 4: Fall
  Featuring:Dr. Straus Steps Down as NCCAM Director; Tools That Are Transforming Discovery in CAM

2005

• Volume XII, Number 1: Winter
  Featuring: Prayer and Spirituality in Health; Acupuncture for Knee Osteoarthritis
• Volume XII, Number 2: Spring
  Featuring: NCCAM's Work on Health Disparities; Health Care in Alaska Native Communities
• Volume XII, Number 3: Summer
  Featuring: Can't Sleep?; Treatments for Menopausal Symptoms
• Volume XII, Number 4: Fall
  Featuring: What is Ayurveda?; New Research Centers

2004

• Volume XI, Number 1: Winter
  Featuring: Office of International Health Research: Taking Rigorous Research on CAM Worldwide; NCCAM's First PICRC Awards
• Volume XI, Number 2: Spring
  Featuring: Investigating the Science Behind Plants as Treatments; Celebrating 5 Years, NCCAM Invites Your Input on Strategic Planning
• Volume XI, Number 3: Summer
  Featuring: CAM Use in the United States Survey;
• Volume XI, Number 4: Fall
  Featuring: Researching CAM Approaches to the Problems of Obesity; Diet Products and Plans: Weigh the Claims

2003

• Volume X, Number 1: Winter
  Featuring: Menopausal Symptoms and Alternative Therapies;
• Volume X, Number 2: Spring
  Featuring: NCCAM Appoints First Deputy Director; Training Researchers in CAM; New Studies Launched; Ephedra and Health Risk
• Volume X, Number 3: Summer
  Featuring: Life Stresses and Mind-Body Therapies;
• Volume X, Number 4: Fall
  Featuring: NCCAM Seeks Scientific Answers On CAM for Cancer; New Advisory Council Members Appointed

2002

• Volume IX, Number 1: Winter
  Featuring: NCCAM Specialty Research Centers in Oregon; OIHR Shares Expertise in Asia
• Volume IX, Number 2: Summer
  Featuring: NCCAM Plays Key Role in Integrative Medicine Task Force; 10 Things To Know About Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web
• Volume IX, Number 3: Fall
  Featuring: What's in the Bottle?; Seeking Health Information on the Internet

2001

• Volume VIII, Number 3: Fall
  Featuring: FTC and FDA Take Action Against Internet Scams and Questionable Health Claims; NCCAM Holds Colloquium: Viewpoints Exchanged with the CAM Therapeutics Industry

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