Why government doesn't want to spend money for Alternative medical research, and both-Conventional and?

Complementary and Alternative Medicine will then work together
http://www.mbschachter.com/approaches%20...
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The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine receives regular taxpayer funding including 121 million dollars just for 2007.http://nccam.nih.gov/about/appropriation...If the NCCAM was able to prove that any of their therapy options other than the complementary treatments like acupuncture and massage had any consistent benefit then I am sure their funding would be increased. The trials with laetrile and other supposed miracle cancer cures have all produced tremendously underwhelming levels of proof of efficacy.http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/treatme...

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in my opinion it is because alternative medicine might work and they would lose out on a lot of money. after all, it is all a money game to them.

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looks like you are going to have to create another profile "B" because you are almost out of points. or either that answer a few LOL

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Governmental funding only amounts to a small amount of the research dollars, with most coming from the drug companies and other sources. The government does tend to be careful where it spends its money, because they're looking for the most bang for the taxpayer's buck. Most "alternative" medicine is known to be quackery, so it's easy to avoid. Some may show promise here and there, but the point is that investments must be made wisely, and siting people that have a bunch of straw-man arguments and half-truths doesn't endear them to any people with purse-strings. New approaches are tried, generally without public knowledge, all the time, and nobody's closed to the idea of different approaches, but there has to be something upon which to base the investment.

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Well, you are misinformed as the US government happens to have a national branch dedicated to alternative and complementary medicine and research. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/They provide Clinical Trial information, updates on the latest research, latest news, training facilities, legitimate contacts for CAM practitioners, and how to be an informed consumer.Government funding amounts from 1992 to 2007:
http://nccam.nih.gov/about/appropriation...

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The posters "Panda" and "quijibored" are correct. The government does spend money on alternative medical research.Be also aware, the days of trial and error testing for drugs are gone. Most research is based on the current understanding of how cancer works. Design and development of drugs is applying the theories. Example, identifying a defective gene, identifying the protein produced by the defective gene, discovering and synthesizing an inhibitor to bind to the oncoprotein that is not toxic to humans. This is very expensive.What would research of alternative treatments like? Trial and error with no rationale of why they may work.

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Maybe it's because of campaign contributions from the drug companies..

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