Re: Why there is no scientific evidence to support alternative medicine

PM: What makes Dr. Briggs an expert in/on alternative medicine? In/on
complementary medicine? I'm not impressed or excitited. PA

Excerpts From:
Josephine Briggs, M.D., Named Director of NIH's National Center for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director, Elias A. Zerhouni,
M.D.,
has named Josephine P. Briggs, M.D., to be the director of the
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).
An
accomplished researcher and physician, Dr. Briggs brings a ...

Dr. Briggs received her A.B. cum laude in biology from Harvard-
Radcliffe College and her M.D. from Harvard Medical School. She
completed her residency training in internal medicine and nephrology
at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, followed by a research
fellowship in physiology at Yale School of Medicine. She was a
professor of internal medicine and physiology at the University of
Michigan from 1993 to 1997. From 1997 to 2006 she was director of the
Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases in the
National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. For the last
year and a half she has been senior scientific officer at the Howard
Hughes Medical Institute.


Dr. Briggs has published more than 125 research articles and is on
the
editorial boards of numerous journals. She is an elected member of
the
American Association of Physicians and a fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. She is also a recipient
of
the Volhard Prize of the German Nephrological Society. Her research
interests include the renin-angiotensin system, diabetic nephropathy
and the effect of antioxidants in kidney disease.


The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's
mission is to explore complementary and alternative medical practices
in the context of rigorous science, train CAM researchers, and
disseminate authoritative information to the public and
professionals.
For additional information, call NCCAM's Clearinghouse toll free at
1-888-644-6226, or visit the NCCAM Web site at:
www.nccam.nih.gov


The National Institutes of Health (NIH) -- The Nation's Medical
Research Agency -- includes 27 Institutes and Centers and is a
component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is
the primary federal agency for conducting and supporting basic,
clinical and translational medical research, and it investigates the
causes, treatments, and cures for both common and rare diseases. For
more information about NIH and its programs, visit:
www.nih.gov


On Jan 22, 4:27 pm, "Peter Moran" <pmo...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Yes, there's some of that.  But why is it that this element to the
mainstream enables you to dismiss everything a basically honest  doctor like
me says, while you can at the same time  ignore all the fraud, delusion, and
sheer ignorance governing alternative medicine?  . You seem prepared to
believe anything, so long as it is "alternative",  which means that
scientists, governments, doctors  and health insurers,  reject it..

PM
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