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Can you put this in laymans terms, I'm not clear whether this is good or bas news? Thank you Bill At 09:06 AM 12/6/98 -0500, you wrote: >After reading all the arguments against earmarking NIH funds and after the >disappointment of Congress not funding the Udall measure, I came across the >following item quoted verbatim from Dr. Andrew Weil's _Self Healing_, >December 1998, p3. > >"OAM Upgraded in Status. The omnibus spending >bill passed by Congress and signed by President >Clinton in late October gave a boost in prestige and >funding to the National Institutes of Health's Office of >Alternative Medicine (OAM). The legislation upgraded >the OAM to the status of an NIH center, renaming it >the National Center for Complementary and Alternative >Medicine (NCCAM) and giving it more autonomy to >fund studies of its own choosing. The bill also allocat- >ed $50 million for the NCCAM's first year of opera- >tion-more than double the OAM's 1998 budget of >$20 million-and created a White House Commission >on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy, >which will make recommendations to Congress >regarding insurance coverage, licensing, and other >issues. (NIH, 11/3/98)" > > > __________ > > Sid Roberts 69/4 <[log in to unmask] > Youngstown, Ohio > >