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Complementary and Alternative Medicine (view source)
Revision as of 20:54, April 14, 2010
, 20:54, April 14, 2010$120 million a year is spent testing and retesting things that we already know don't work.
In the [[United States]], 36% of adults are using some form of CAM and spend $36 billion to $47 billion on CAM therapies in 1997.<ref>http://nccam.nih.gov/news/camsurvey_fs1.htm</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.
In the [[United States]], 36% of adults are using some form of CAM and spend $36 billion to $47 billion on CAM therapies in 1997.<ref>http://nccam.nih.gov/news/camsurvey_fs1.htm</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.
The US National Institutes of Health sponsor the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine NCCAM which spends $120 Million dollars a year researching CAM. To date they have found no major treatments and the vast majority of subjects that they research come up unproductive repeatedly.
CAM Practices include the following:
CAM Practices include the following:
*Non-western treatments, such as Chinese acupuncture.
*Non-western treatments, such as Chinese acupuncture.
== References ==
== References ==