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Please note that all NCCAM publications are also available in printed form from the NCCAM Clearinghouse.
NCCAM's Congressional Justification 2009 is now available at nccam.nih.gov/about/congressional/index.htm. Prepared each year for the consideration of the U.S. Congress, the publication outlines NCCAM's plans, priorities, and proposed budget for fiscal year 2009, which begins October 1, 2008.
Various NIH institutes and centers are building upon the findings from an NIH 2005 State-of-the-Science Conference on the management of menopausal symptoms. As part of this effort, NCCAM cosponsored meetings of an expert panel charged with developing follow-on recommendations from the conference findings. The panel's report is now available at www.grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-AG-08-009.html. Among its conclusions relevant to CAM are
- "Traditional and alternative behavioral and nonpharmacologic therapies" are an area on which development of new strategies should be based.
- CAM approaches are among the treatments that women are using as alternatives to hormone therapy, and studies of the safety and effectiveness of such treatments should be a high priority.
- Phytoestrogens (compounds found in certain plants), other botanicals, and traditional Chinese medicine are among the therapies ready for testing now.
In addition, NCCAM recently cosponsored an initiative to develop a Menopausal Symptoms Analytical Research Network (see www.grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/rfa-ag-08-004.html).
A yoga class
© Bob Stockfield
The NCCAM Image Gallery offers professional-quality photographs of selected CAM therapies. The images are for use in noncommercial or educational projects, and currently include acupuncture, herbs, massage, Reiki, tai chi, and yoga. See nccam.nih.gov/gallery.
