Our government has a place to report alt med recovery stories

[Guest guest]

Dear Group:

Our Federal Government has established a Federal Coordinating Council For

Comparative Effectiveness Research.

The site for this is http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/os/cerbios.html

The next three paragraphs tell a little bit about the intent of " comparative

effectiveness research " . (I used cut and paste from the site mentioned above to

bring the copy reflected below.)

“Comparative effectiveness research can improve care for all Americans and is

an important element of President Obama’s health reform plan,†said HHS

Spokeswoman Backus. “President Obama is committed to openness and

transparency and the Coordinating Council will host open meetings and a

listening session as it begins its important work.â€

Comparative effectiveness research provides information on the relative

strengths and weakness of various medical interventions. Such research will give

clinicians and patients valid information to make decisions that will improve

the performance of the U.S. health care system

The 15 member Council, named today in accordance with a Congressionally-mandate

timeline, will assist the agencies of the Federal government, including HHS and

the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, as well as others, to

coordinate comparative effectiveness and related health services research. The

Recovery Act authorized $300 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and

Quality, $400 million for the National Institutes of Health, and $400 million

for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support comparative

effectiveness research.

On this site is a place for persons to tell their recovery stories. Under the

" Contacts " link on the site listed above is a call for recovery stories. (Again,

I used cut and paste to bring the following in from

http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/contacts/index.html )

Tell us your recovery story! (Or submit a comment)

We want to hear your recovery story, or you may want to comment on the

information on this site. Here’s what we will do with the information you send

us:

* Stories will be gathered and read. Some stories may be shared on this

site.

* Comments will be shared with the HHS Recovery Act Board, along with

recommendations for possible actions, especially about critical issues.

* Be sure to read our Privacy Policy. Please do not give us any additional

personal identification information in your story or comment. Never send us your

social security number.

This is a perfect place for those persons that have used alternative medical

means of ANY SORT to tell their recovery stories to our government... in the

hope that perhaps research will be directed towards natural healing methodology

some day. Did fish oil help you? Did vitamins or minerals help you? Did

probiotics help you? Did dealing with candida help you? Did using amino acids

help you? Did food allergy avoidance help you? to recover from ANY illness

that you may have had?

This is the place to tell any alternative medical recovery story that you may

have... in the hope that " our government " and President Obama will listen to

what you have to say.

I repeat the link http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/contacts/index.html to do this.

Darman

http://my.opera.com/nutrientscure/blog/