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Recent studies have shown that use of herbal dietary supplements—chamomile, echinacea, garlic, ginkgo biloba, and ginseng—by the elderly within the United States has increased substantially. Sellers, such as retail stores, Web sites, and distributors, often claim these supplements help improve memory, circulation, and other bodily functions. GAO was asked to determine (1) whether sellers of [...]

Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, used a roundworm that has some genetic and biochemical similarities to humans to examine complex herbal preparations thought to combat adverse effects of aging. The worms, called Caenorhabditis elegans, or C. elegans, have a brief life span (about 20 days). In an NCCAM-funded study, researchers assessed two traditional [...]

New findings from the Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) study show that the herbal supplement Ginkgo biloba did not prevent heart attack, stroke, or death in a group of older adults. However, the herb may reduce the risk of developing peripheral arterial disease (also known as peripheral vascular disease), a painful and potentially life-threatening condition [...]

As part of its strategic planning process, NCCAM is seeking broad input from many communities, including researchers, health care providers, CAM providers, educators, and the public.

We are currently seeking comments on two white papers that address two critical areas of NCCAM’s research. Comments will be accepted through Monday, May 28, 2010

The National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NACCAM) will meet on June 3–4, 2010 in Rockville, MD. The first day of the meeting will examine the potential role of CAM in health behavior research. Current strategies to promote healthy behaviors and behavior change are often inadequate. The literature indicates that CAM approaches [...]

Participants in a workshop sponsored by the National Institutes of Health have developed guidelines on designing and evaluating clinical research studies investigating soy, representing the first guidelines of their kind in the field of soy research. The guidelines are published in the June 2010 issue of The Journal of Nutrition.
These innovative guidelines are an important [...]

Recent research has shown that women who practice hatha yoga (a common type of yoga involving body postures, breath control, and meditation) regularly recover from stress faster than women who are considered yoga "novices." The research, supported in part by NCCAM and published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, also showed that yoga may boost [...]

An analysis of insurance records in Washington State—which requires private insurers to cover certain complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practices—showed that more than a quarter of cancer patients visited CAM providers during their cancer treatment. The NCCAM-funded analysis, published in The American Journal of Managed Care, also indicated that related CAM expenditures accounted for 1 [...]

A recent study found that Transcendental Meditation (TM) helped college students decrease psychological distress and increase coping ability. For a group of students at high risk for developing hypertension, these changes also were associated with decreases in blood pressure. This could be good news for the many students experiencing academic, financial, and social pressures that [...]