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NCCAM's Work on Health Disparities The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has as its vision: To advance research to yield insights and tools derived from complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices to benefit the health and well-being of the public, while enabling an informed public to reject ineffective or unsafe practices. More

Health Care in Alaska Native Communities Alaska Natives face many challenges in the arena of health and health care. For example, there is a need for culturally competent care (i.e., care that is appropriate in relation to the cultural characteristics of a specific group or individual). Many traditional ways of life that were supportive of health for Native Alaskans have been lost. More

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CAM at the NIH: Focus on Complementary and Alternative Medicine is published by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health. NCCAM is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training CAM researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals.

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