In Brief: Alternative medicine
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Alternative medicine: Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduces HR 1055 on March 13 to elevate the National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine to center status as the National Center for Integral Medicine. The bill requests $198 mil. in funding for the new entity, which also would encapsulate NIH's Office of Dietary Supplements, Office of Disease Prevention and Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research ("The Tan Sheet" Feb. 17, p. 15). The bill has 15 cosponsors, including Reps. Bill Archer (R-Tex.), Jim McDermott (D-Wash.), Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.) and Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.), and has been assigned to the House Commerce Committee. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) may introduce a companion bill...