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On June 22, 2007, NCCAM Acting Director Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D., presented NCCAM's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations. You can read the text of Dr. Kirschstein's remarks at nccam.nih.gov/about/offices/od/directortestimony/0607.htm.
Patrick Mansky, M.D., spoke on CAM and pediatric cancer on July 8, 2007, as part of an expert panel on "The Group Room," a radio show. Dr. Mansky is Director of the Integrative Medicine Consult Service, NIH Clinical Center (see the Spring 2007 issue). To listen to the program, go to www.vitaloptions.org and click on "Listen to past shows."
You can now view results from many NCCAM-funded studies (formerly included in a "Research Roundup" column in this newsletter) by using the resources on the "Research Results" page on NCCAM's Web site, at nccam.nih.gov/research/results.
New from the Clearinghouse
The following new publications are available on the Web and from the Clearinghouse:
- Herbs at a Glance fact sheets: Astragalus
- CAM Use and Children
NCCAM Exhibits at Upcoming National Meetings
- American Society for Microbiology Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 17-20, Chicago
- American Osteopathic Association Annual Convention and Scientific Seminar, September 30-October 4, San Diego
- American Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Assembly, October 3-6, Chicago
- American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, October 27-30, San Francisco
- Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November 3-7, San Diego
- American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition, November 3-7, Washington, D.C.
- American Academy of Family Physicians and Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Conference, November 8-11, Newport Beach, California
- Society for Integrative Oncology International Conference, November 15-17, San Francisco
