Federal panel on alternative medicine critics say studies skewed
Critics say the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine relies on biased funding and weak data. They point to acupuncture knee arthritis and echinacea studies as examples while noting advisory board ties to practitioners and varied plant preparations complicate results.
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Barrie Cassileth
Federal Center
Josephine Briggs
Briggs
Stephen Barrett
Quackwatch
Joseph Jacobs
Office of Alternative Medicine
Congress
National Institutes of Health
Edward Campion
New England Journal of Medicine
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Tapas Fleming
California
Charles Elder
Kaiser Permanente
Portland
Ore
Elder
Margaret Chesney
Center For Integrative Medicine
University of Maryland
Norman Farnsworth
University of Illinois At Chicago
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