Complementary & Alternative Medicine
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
P.O. Box 7923
Gaithersburg, MD 20898-7923
(888) 644-6226
TTY (866) 464-3615
E-mail: info@nccam.nih.gov
Website: www.nccam.nih.gov
The NCCAM identifies and evaluates unconventional healthcare practices, supports and conducts research, and disseminates information on their clinical usefulness, scientific validity and theoretical underpinnings. The NCCAM Clearinghouse offers several fact sheets, a newsletter, and literature searches with services available in English and Spanish.
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Commonweal Cancer Help Program (CCHP)
www.commonweal.org
The goals of the CCHP are to reduce stress and to provide a nurturing environment in which people with cancer can explore choices in healing and in integrative cancer care. Located near Bolina, CA, CCHP retreat activities include gentle yoga, a support group, progressive deep relaxation, meditation, imagery, massage, sand trays, poetry, and discussions of choices in integrative cancer therapies.
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Quackwatch
www.quackwatch.com
Quackwatch, Inc., a member of Consumer Federation of America, is a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies.
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