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Article: HEALTH INSTITUTE INVESTIGATES ALTERNATIVE MEDICINES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- January 10, 1995
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Byline: LUCINDA FLEESON Knight-Ridder
BETHESDA, Md. Can herbs cure warts? Does powdered shark cartilage help cancer? Can music help brain injuries?
These are questions that most of the conventional medical world would have ridiculed until just recently. Some experts still do.
But now they are being seriously investigated, and in some cases funded, by the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, through its fledgling Office of Alternative Medicine.
Founded in January 1992, the office, called the OAM, now has its third director and is searching for a new one. It has been racked by charges of political interference, disorganization, ...