US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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The
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine or
NCCAM, a division of the
National Institutes of Health within the
Department of Health and Human Services of the
United States federal government, was established in
October,
1991, as the
Office of Alternative Medicine, which was re-established as the NCCAM in October,
1998. Its mission statement declares that it is "dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science; training
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) researchers; and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals."
The NCCAM funds research into complementary and alternative medicine, including support for clinical trials of CAM techniques.
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