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Low Back Pain: NACCAM Symposium. Copyright iStockphoto.com/peepo

Low-Back Pain and CAM Four out of five American adults will experience low-back pain. Many will try CAM therapies to manage their pain. Given the many choices, how can one approach making decisions about CAM use for low-back pain? More

Biologist Yunhua Li, M.S., of NCCAM's Division of Intramural Research

Moving the Economy—and Biomedical Discovery—Ahead The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has, among its goals, spurring advances in biomedical research and the Nation's health. What are NCCAM's topic areas for these funds? More

Gert Bronfort, D.C., Ph.D.

Interview: Low-Back Pain and Evidence-Based Care Gert Bronfort, D.C., Ph.D., a member of NCCAM's National Advisory Board who is a pain researcher and a chiropractic physician offers his perspective. More

Historic textbook illustration from NLM

First Straus Lecture: Acupuncture and Medical Paradigms An eminent surgeon and bestselling author delivers the first Stephen E. Straus Distinguished Lecture on the Science of CAM, on "Chinese Medicine, Western Science, and Acupuncture." More

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