Big prize for CAM practitioner or researcher
http://www.drrogersprize.org/
This national competition will reward one researcher or practitioner who has
made a significant contribution to the field of Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Canada with the $250,000 Dr. Rogers Prize. The
prize will be awarded at a Gala Award Dinner in Vancouver on November 1,
2007 ... featuring keynote speaker Dr. Andrew Weil.
Increasingly, evidence is available supporting the use of CAM to increase
well-being by alleviating cancer symptoms and reducing the adverse effects
of conventional treatment. Evidence for cancer cures is sparse but research
in this field is active and often very promising.
A new and challenging research area is called 'whole systems research' which
recognizes that many CAM interventions are not single component
interventions but systems of care such as TCM and naturopathic medicine or
integrative care.
The concept of 'unstuckness' as an outcome (coined by Dr. Iris Bell
University of Arizona) represents an innovative way of looking at CAM
outcomes. It is the point/axis at which therapies or approaches in
combination start to affect the body's immune and endocrine systems in a
positive way, i.e. where the course of disease starts to be reversed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
My cynical reply:
Ahem. Er... "Unstuckness" is a totally legitimate scientific outcome in medical clinical studies. I need only reference the 1999 breakthrough study commissioned by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), "Alternative Medicine Approaches for Women with Temporomandibular Disorders." (http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00009594?order=2 , http://www.news-medical.net/?id=4613) The study, which compares the effectiveness of naturopathic therapies to acupuncture and "conventional" (Western) medical care, concluded that in the Naturopathic arm,
"Patients experienced "transformational" changes. A number of patients came to believe that they had been "stuck" in their pain level and that they could not imagine that they could feel better. After the study, they reported they had become "unstuck" in their way of thinking."
No patients in the conventional medicine arm experienced such outcomes.
This national competition will reward one researcher or practitioner who has
made a significant contribution to the field of Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Canada with the $250,000 Dr. Rogers Prize. The
prize will be awarded at a Gala Award Dinner in Vancouver on November 1,
2007 ... featuring keynote speaker Dr. Andrew Weil.
Increasingly, evidence is available supporting the use of CAM to increase
well-being by alleviating cancer symptoms and reducing the adverse effects
of conventional treatment. Evidence for cancer cures is sparse but research
in this field is active and often very promising.
A new and challenging research area is called 'whole systems research' which
recognizes that many CAM interventions are not single component
interventions but systems of care such as TCM and naturopathic medicine or
integrative care.
The concept of 'unstuckness' as an outcome (coined by Dr. Iris Bell
University of Arizona) represents an innovative way of looking at CAM
outcomes. It is the point/axis at which therapies or approaches in
combination start to affect the body's immune and endocrine systems in a
positive way, i.e. where the course of disease starts to be reversed.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
My cynical reply:
Ahem. Er... "Unstuckness" is a totally legitimate scientific outcome in medical clinical studies. I need only reference the 1999 breakthrough study commissioned by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), "Alternative Medicine Approaches for Women with Temporomandibular Disorders." (http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00009594?order=2 , http://www.news-medical.net/?id=4613) The study, which compares the effectiveness of naturopathic therapies to acupuncture and "conventional" (Western) medical care, concluded that in the Naturopathic arm,
"Patients experienced "transformational" changes. A number of patients came to believe that they had been "stuck" in their pain level and that they could not imagine that they could feel better. After the study, they reported they had become "unstuck" in their way of thinking."
No patients in the conventional medicine arm experienced such outcomes.
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