National Town Hall Meeting on Complementary and Alternative Medicine

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http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2002/nccam-19.htm

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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

National Center for Complementary

and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, February 19, 2002 Press Contact:

Anita Greene

National Town Hall Meeting on Complementary

and Alternative Medicine to be Held in Portland,

Oregon

What: The public is invited to take part in a town

meeting on complementary and alternative medicine

research, sponsored by the National Center for

Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) — a

component of the National Institutes of Health. The

meeting will be hosted by the Oregon Center for

Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Craniofacial

Disorders at Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health

Research, and the Oregon Center for Complementary and

Alternative Medicine in Neurological Disorders at

Oregon Health & Science University. The event will be

moderated by Margie Boule', columnist for The

Oregonian.

When: 2 - 5 p.m. (Pacific Time), Tuesday, March

19, 2002

A media availability will be held prior to the Town

Hall Meeting from 1:00 - 1:45 p.m.

Where: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW

Broadway and Main, Portland, Oregon

Why: Alternative medicine researchers from across

the country will meet in Portland on March 19 to

discuss research in complementary and alternative

medicine (CAM). Three experts will speak about

promising research developments in acupuncture,

chiropractic/spinal manipulation, and herbal medicine.

This free, three-hour event will give people from the

Northwest an opportunity to hear about the latest

research into complementary and alternative medicine.

Speakers will include NCCAM director E.

Straus, M.D., and the two directors of Oregon's

complementary and alternative medicine research

centers, OHSU's Barry S. Oken, M.D., and Kaiser's B.

White, D.D.S., Dr.P.H.

Attendees are invited to take part during two Q & A

opportunities throughout the program. This is the

third town hall meeting sponsored by the National

Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

For more information and to register for the town

meeting on-line, please click on the link that

follows:

http://nccam.nih.gov/ne/announcements.html#tm. Or,

call our toll-free registration line at

1-. Written questions to be asked during

the town hall meeting can be faxed in advance to

1-.

The NCCAM is one of 27 Institutes and Centers (ICs)

composing the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

NCCAM's mission is to stimulate, develop, and support

research on complementary and alternative medicine

(CAM) for the benefit of the public. NCCAM is an

advocate for quality science, rigorous and relevant

research, and open and objective inquiry into which

CAM practices work, which do not, and why. The

Center's overriding mission is to give the American

public reliable information about the safety and

effectiveness of CAM practices.

For more information, please visit NCCAM's Web site at

www.nccam.nih.gov or contact our clearinghouse at

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