HSCI 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: National Center For Complementary And Integrative Health, Shiatsu, Acupressure
16 Jun 2016
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Shiatsu & acupressure article there are some evidence for shiatsu efficacy but most are weak acupressure is good for pain and nausea. Nccam problem is that money (1. 6 billion from federal) given to them does now necessarily go towards proper research. Another problem is that the nccam advisory council excludes many cam representatives: decision-making on proposal. Argues that nccam reviews just the same as any other nih programs. Talking about nccam, their big federal funding. Nccam should re-evaluate their portfolio, they should study cam with base on some scientific ground evidence ( something that will have promising data ) Should nih have supported oam and later nccam: yes bc oam and nccam best interest was to investigate something that was in the benefit of the public. Cam and the research on it and evaluations made about them. What do you think about advisory council members being cam leaders: issue of being impartial.
