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Complementary and Alternative Medicine Page 1National Institutes of Health Fact Sheet Complementary and Alternative Medicine People have used complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for thousands of years without knowing whether it is safe or effective. CAM therapies and medical systems are widely used and available in the United States. They include diverse practices such as dietary supplements and botanicals traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture mindbody medicine and therapeutic massage. Today Millions of Americans use CAM for health concerns and general wellness and spend tens of billions of dollars each year on such care. In a recent Government survey 36% of adults reported using CAM in some form. In 1999 the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) was established as the arm of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to rigorously evaluate the safety and efficacy of CAM therapies train researchers to conduct CAM research and provide outreach to the public and health care professionals about CAM research results. Since its inception NCCAM has funded more than 1200 research projects to learn about how CAM therapies work as well as their safety and efficacy. The following examples illustrate important research findings that inform the choices the public and practitioners are making regarding the use of CAM. Using stateoftheart imaging technology NIH documented the power of the mind to activate certain parts of the brain to block pain signals providing important information on how the placebo effect works. In the largest clinical trial to date to test the safety and efficacy of acupuncture NIHsupported researchers found that acupuncture significantly reduced pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee when used as a complement to conventional therapy. Other studies demonstrated that acupuncture provides relief for vomiting and nausea from chemotherapy. Another NIHsupported study found that a combination of the popula ...

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