CAM_becomes_legit.xls

							CAM in the spotlight and the limelight

                    AMA branded chiropractors an "unscientific cult", and would not allow
                    doctors to have any professional association with them, or to practice
1960s               chiropractic. In 1963 formed the Committee on Quackery.
                    chiropractors sued the AMA under Sherman Antitrust Act "unlawful
1970s               conspiracy in restraint of trade." In courts for 20 years.
                    Superior Court upheld the ruling, telling AMA to "knock it off." Wilk et al
                    v. AMA. Now AMA says physician "shall be free to choose whom to serve,
                    with whom to associate, and the environment in which to provide medical
1990                services."
                    Congress passed legislation to establish NIH Office of Alternative Medicine
                    (OAM) to investigate and evaluate promising "unconventional" medical
1991                practices - $2 million
                    Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. This decreed that dietary
                    supplements were to be regulated like foods, thus exampting them from
1994                conducting pre-market safety and efficacy testing.
                    NIH established the Office of Dietary Suplements, goal is to strengthen
                    knowledge and understanding of dietary supplements.
1995                http://ods.od.nih.gov/ Still in existance.
1995                FDA declassified acupuncture needles as an experimental product
                    NIH sponsored the Consensus Conference on Acupuncture which provided
                    evidence of the effectiveness of acupuncture for some conditions (e.g.
1996                dental pain and nausea).
                    First large trial of a CAM therapy, funded by OAM, National Institute on
                    Mental Health, and NIH Office of Dietary Supplements--tested the use of
1997                St. John's Wort for depression (results released in 2002)
                    National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
                    established by Congress. This elevated the OAM to the status of NIH
1998                "Center".
                    Flood of scientific studies in conventional medical journals about
After 1998          alternative medicine
                    Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)
                    formed as part of National Cancer Institute. OCCAM and NCCAM have the
1998                most funding for CAM research

1999                Dietary Supplements Research Center funded jointly by NCCAM and ODS
                    White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2000                Policy created by President Clinton
                    Consortium of Academic Health Centers of Integrated Medicine formed in
                    2000. 32 schools are in Consortium today
2001                CAM on PubMed created (NCCAM and NLM)
2004                NCCAM budget was $118 million