Office of Alternative Medicine

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A section of the NIH established in 1992 by the US Congress, the purpose of which is to investigate the claims of efficacy for various forms of alternative therapy, and their possible health benefits; it was replaced in 1998 by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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acupuncture alternative medicine Body awareness Herbalism, Traditional Chinese National Cancer Institute National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine oxygen Ozone Therapy			The report led Congress to set up the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1992 and to expand it into the National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) in 1997. Townsend's New York observer: talk with Suzanne Somers about ... by Cohen, Marcus A. / Townsend Letter A study by Office of Alternative Medicine, NIH of US, stated that fibromyalgia treatment by hypnosis is more effective and has 80 percent of good result as outcome. Fibromyalgia Treatment by Richard MacKenzie / Health care industry community The US government set up an Office of Alternative Medicine in 1992 which became the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in 1999 under the National Institutes of Health. Complementary and alternative medicine by Henkelman, Wallace J. / Nevada RNformation			off-cycle time off-flavor off-focus off-focus radiation off-gassing Off-label Off-label application off-label use off-ladder off-level grid off-line off-patent drugs off-shears off-shore medical school off-side offal Offensive Weapon offer office office D&C office hours Office Hypertension Office International des Epizooties (OIE) office laboratory procedures office management Office of Alternative Medicine Office of the Inspector General of the United States office planning office practice Office Rage office visit official official compendium official drugs official formula official written order officinal officinalis offline offset offset blade offspring ofloxacin Ogden classification system Ogden plate Ogen Ogino-Knaus rule Ogmocotyle OGOD Approach Ogsten line Oguchi's disease			Office of AIDS Office of AIDS Policy Coordination Office of AIDS Programs and Policy Office of AIDS Research Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council Office of Air Accidents Investigation Office of Air and Radiation Office of Air Force History Office of Air Management Office of Air Quality Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Office of Air Resources Office of Air Waste and Toxics Office of Aircraft Services Office of Alaska Native Health Research Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Office of Alcohol and Drug Education Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Office of Alien Property Custodian Office of Allied Military Training Office of Alternative Fuel Recovery Office of Alternative Medicine Office of Alumni and University Relations Office of Alumni Relations Office of Amarillo Site Operations Office of American Indian Projects Office of American Indian Trust Office of Analysis and Evaluation Office of Analysis Nutrition and Evaluation Office of Analytical Studies and Information Management Office of Animal Care and Use Office of Animal Care Management Office of Animal Welfare Office of Animal Welfare Assurance Office of Antiboycott Compliance Office of Appellate Operations Office of Applications Office of Applied Economics Office of Applied Psychological Services Office of Applied Research Office of Applied Research and Safety Assessment Office of Applied Sciences & Engineering Studies Office of Applied Studies Office of Applied Technology Office of Apprenticeship Information and Training Office of Apprenticeship Training, Employer, and Labor Services

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