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Recent Photos from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
2011 Photos
NCCAM's portal for health care providers was launched in 2011.
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The Third Strategic Plan is guiding NCCAM from 2011 to 2015.
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Sean Mackey, M.D., Ph.D., of Stanford University School of Medicine and the Stanford Systems Neuroscience and Pain Lab, delivered the 2011 Stephen E. Straus Lecture in the Science of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Credit: Lisa Helfert
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2009 Photos
This figure shows total out-of-pocket U.S. spending in 2007
for conventional health care and CAM, for prescriptions versus
natural products, and for visits to CAM practitioners versus
visits to physicians. Out of the total $33.9 billion spent
on CAM, an estimated $22 billion was for self-care—i.e.,
CAM products, classes, and materials—mostly in the form
of natural products. The remaining $11.9 billion was for CAM
practitioner visits. The $14.8 billion spent on natural products
was about 1/3 of out-of-pocket spending on prescription drugs,
and the $11.9 billion spent on CAM practitioner visits was
about 1/4 of out-of-pocket spending on physician visits.
Credit: NCCAM
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Poster for NCCAM’s 10th Anniversary Symposium, Exploring
the Science of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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2008 Photos
NCCAM's "Time To Talk" campaign, launched in June 2008, encourages patients and their health care providers to openly discuss the use of complementary and alternative medicine, to help ensure safe and coordinated care. Free toolkits (as pictured) are available. (Photo copyright Matt Fletcher)
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Massage therapy appeared to ease pain and improve mood in the short term in a group of advanced cancer patients, according to findings from an NCCAM-funded study in 2008. The study, led by a University of Colorado Denver team at 15 U.S. hospices, found benefit also, to a lesser degree, from simple touch. (Photo copyright Bob Stockfield)
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2007 Photos
Participants discuss issues related to NCCAM and complementary
and alternative medicine at an "NCCAM Stakeholder Dialogue" meeting,
held at NIH in June 2007.
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