For 10 years, NCCAM has been supporting research studies on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices, determining their safety and effectiveness, and reporting the findings to the medical community and to the public. In these 10 years, we have funded more than 2,200 research projects, resulting in more than 3,300 articles published in peer-reviewed medical journals.
A paper published in the April 13, 2009 Archives of Internal Medicine exposes a gap in the knowledge and application of CAM research in clinical practice. In sum, approximately one in four clinicians was aware of two major CAM clinical trials. The 1,561 clinicians surveyed included acupuncturists, naturopaths, internists, and rheumatologists.
Source: http://nccam.nih.gov/about/offices/od/director.htm?nav=rss
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