Do Americans aged 50 and older discuss the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with their health care providers? What do they talk about&or why don’t they? To help answer these questions, in October 2010 AARP and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health partnered on

Dr. Rachel Lampert presented this lecture as part of the Integrative Medicine Consult Service lecture series sponsored by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Rachel Lampert, M.D. is an associate professor of medicine (cardiology) at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Lampert’s clinical interests include arrhythmias, stress,

Nutrition Express of Torrance, CA is voluntarily recalling specific products containing whey protein isolate sourced from one supplier because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. NCCAM Nutrition Express Voluntarily

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, seeks an accomplished, innovative neuroscientist to serve as Scientific Director of its Division of Intramural Research (DIR). The Scientific Director will build and lead a vibrant research program focused on the

Do Americans aged 50 and older discuss the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) with their health care providers? To help answer this question, AARP and NCCAM partnered on a telephone survey of over 1,000 people aged 50 and older. Just over half of those surveyed reported using complementary and alternative medicine and over

Parents want to feel confident that they are making the best health care decisions for their children. This confidence can be undermined when there is conflicting information in the media and on the Internet. Nowhere is this more prevalent than when it comes to the topic of the safety of childhood vaccines. NCCAM NCCAM Clinical

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