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In the [[United States]], 36% of adults are using some form of CAM and spent $36 billion to $47 billion on CAM therapies in 1997.<ref>[http://nccam.nih.gov/news/camsurvey_fs1.htm "The Use of CAM in the United States", National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine]</ref>  The numbers of uninsured Americans increases by about 1 million persons per year, and the amount spent on CAM is likely much higher today.  If CAM is defined to include megavitamin therapy and prayer specifically for health reasons, 62% of Americans use CAM.{{fact}}

In the [[United States]], 36% of adults are using some form of CAM and spent $36 billion to $47 billion on CAM therapies in 1997.<ref>[http://nccam.nih.gov/news/camsurvey_fs1.htm "The Use of CAM in the United States", National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine]</ref>  The numbers of uninsured Americans increases by about 1 million persons per year, and the amount spent on CAM is likely much higher today.  If CAM is defined to include megavitamin therapy and prayer specifically for health reasons, 62% of Americans use CAM.{{fact}}

The US National Institutes of Health sponsor the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) which spends more than $120 Million dollars a year researching CAM.<ref>[http://nccam.nih.gov/about/budget/appropriations.htm "NCCAM Funding: Appropriations History", National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine]</ref>  They received $31 million in additional funding from the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]].<ref>[http://genome.fieldofscience.com/2009/07/stimulus-funds-for-pseudoscience.html "Stumulus funds for pseudoscience", Genomics, Evolution, and Pseudoscience]</ref>

The US [[National Institutes of Health]] sponsor the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) which spends more than $120 Million dollars a year researching CAM.<ref>[http://nccam.nih.gov/about/budget/appropriations.htm "NCCAM Funding: Appropriations History", National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine]</ref>  They received $31 million in additional funding from the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]].<ref>[http://genome.fieldofscience.com/2009/07/stimulus-funds-for-pseudoscience.html "Stumulus funds for pseudoscience", Genomics, Evolution, and Pseudoscience]</ref>

CAM Practices include the following:

CAM Practices include the following:

*Holistic medical approaches that focus on all of one's life, as physicians did in ancient times.

*Holistic medical approaches that focus on all of one's life, as physicians did in ancient times.

*Non-western treatments, such as Chinese acupuncture.

*Non-western treatments, such as [[Traditional Chinese medicine]]'s [[acupuncture]].

[[Category:Medicine]]

[[Category:Medicine]]