With millions of Americans including complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in their health care, and as CAM therapies become increasingly available as a result of consumer demand, it is critical that conventional health care professionals be familiar with the most commonly used forms of CAM. The October 2007 issue of the journal Academic Medicine, published by the American Association of Medical Colleges, highlights the results of 15 Education Project Grants funded by NCCAM.

With millions of Americans including complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in their health care, and as CAM therapies become increasingly available as a result of consumer demand, it is critical that conventional health care professionals be familiar with the most commonly used forms of CAM. The October 2007 issue of the journal Academic Medicine, published by the American Association of Medical Colleges, highlights the results of 15 Education Project Grants funded by NCCAM.

With millions of Americans including complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in their health care, and as CAM therapies become increasingly available as a result of consumer demand, it is critical that conventional health care professionals be familiar with the most commonly used forms of CAM. The October 2007 issue of the journal Academic Medicine, published by the American Association of Medical Colleges, highlights the results of 15 Education Project Grants funded by NCCAM.

Before antibiotics, infections were lanced and drained. Because of the abuses of antibiotics (especially in the United States), this practice is coming back as people are contracting Methicillin-resistant bacterial infections. These Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are becoming the most commonly seen soft-tissue infection in some emergency rooms. These findings were published in the Aug. 17 New England Journal of Medicine.

With the rapid rise in Type II diabetes, this issue is of increasing importance. Diabetics already have poor wound healing and diabetics and the obese also have poor immune system function. As this group increases in number, the burden on the emergency care system is going to stretch more thin than it already is.

While dietary improvements won't ensure immunity from any bacteria or virus, it will improve immune system funciton and has been shown to also have a substantial benefit on wound healing.

Hosptials are cautioned to take steps to reduce transmission of these dangerous bacteria.

You might think there's some magic-bullet waiting in the back wings…

 There isn't one.

With a growing use of complementary and alternative medicine by Americans, a nonprofit advocacy group applauds TV for showing positive portrayals of alternative medicine practitioners. (PRWeb Feb 7, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb682633.htm

With a growing use of complementary and alternative medicine by Americans, a nonprofit advocacy group applauds TV for showing positive portrayals of alternative medicine practitioners. (PRWeb Feb 7, 2008)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb682633.htm

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has established an Integrative Medicine Consult Service at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, the world's largest hospital devoted to research. This service will provide physicians, nurses, and other members of the Clinical Center health care team the ability to discuss complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies with knowledgeable medical staff from the consult service and learn how various CAM practices might complement or interact with a patient's care as a research participant at the Clinical Center.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has established an Integrative Medicine Consult Service at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, the world's largest hospital devoted to research. This service will provide physicians, nurses, and other members of the Clinical Center health care team the ability to discuss complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies with knowledgeable medical staff from the consult service and learn how various CAM practices might complement or interact with a patient's care as a research participant at the Clinical Center.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has established an Integrative Medicine Consult Service at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center, the world's largest hospital devoted to research. This service will provide physicians, nurses, and other members of the Clinical Center health care team the ability to discuss complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies with knowledgeable medical staff from the consult service and learn how various CAM practices might complement or interact with a patient's care as a research participant at the Clinical Center.

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) welcomes five new members to the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM). The Council serves as the principal advisory body to NCCAM, a component of the National Institutes of Health within the Department of Health and Human Services.

The Council, which meets three times a year, is composed of physicians, scientists, licensed alternative and complementary medicine practitioners, and representatives of the public who contribute their time and expertise over a 4-year term. Council members offer advice and recommendations on the prioritization, conduct, and support of complementary and alternative medicine research, including research training and disseminating health information derived from NCCAM's research.