Fw: National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine Meetingin Tucson

[Guest guest]

Tucson is my home town---I sure wish I could be there for this!

Patty

From: Ilena Rose <ilena@...>

Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 5:08 PM

Subject: National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine Meetingin

Tucson

>

> NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

>

> National Center for Complementary

> and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

> http://nccam.nih.gov

>

> NIH NEWS ADVISORY

>

> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

> Wednesday, February 21, 2001

>

> Press Contacts:

> NCCAM-Anita Greene (301) 496-1712

> SMCRC- Kate Jensen (520) 626-7217

>

>

> TOWN MEETING ON COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

>

> NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

> and Steele Memorial Children's Research Center Host Public

> Meeting on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

>

>

> WHAT:

> The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

> (NCCAM), a component of the National Institutes of Health, in

> sponsorship with the Steele Memorial Children's Research

> Center (SMCRC) in Tucson, Arizona are hosting a town meeting

> on complementary and alternative medicine. National and

> local medical experts will speak about current developments

> in complementary and alternative medicine research at the

> local and national levels.

>

> The EVENT IS FREE and will include an extensive question

> and answer periods.

>

> WHO:

> Speakers include Dr. E. Straus, NCCAM director, and

> Drs. Fayez Ghishan and Weil, lead researchers at the

> Steele Memorial Children's Research Center in Tucson,

> Arizona -- a pediatric specialty center funded by NCCAM.

> Three experts will discuss current research in

> complementary and alternative medicine therapies for

> arthritis, women's health, and asthma.

>

> WHEN:

> Tuesday, March 6, 2:00-5:00 p.m.

>

> WHERE:

> Westward Look Resort,

> 245 East Ina Road, Tucson, Arizona

>

> WHY:

> From meditation to magnets -- the number of Americans using

> complementary and alternative medicine has sharply risen.

> According to a recent survey, approximately $14 billion was

> spent on dietary supplements in 1999. A 1998 survey in the

> " Journal of the American Medical Association " revealed that

> 4 out of 10 Americans used complementary and alternative

> therapies in 1997. The public is vastly interested in

> learning more about current and on-going research at the

> national and local level, to determine whether various CAM

> therapies are safe and effective.

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