2011 Press Releases

New Go4Life Campaign Focuses On Fitness for Older Adults 10/19/11

Public-private effort led by NIH reaches out to Boomers, their parents.

Prostate Cancer Study Shows Increased Risk From Vitamin E Supplements (NCI)

10/11/11

Study indicates that vitamin E supplements increase the incidence of prostate cancer in healthy men.

Saw Palmetto No More Effective Than Placebo For Urinary Symptoms (NIDDK)

09/28/11

NIH-Funded Study Finds Dietary Supplement Does Not Alleviate BPH

NCCAM's Advisory Council Welcomes Four New Members 06/03/11

The council serves as the principal advisory body to NCCAM.

NIH Launches Web Resource on Complementary and Alternative Medicine 04/26/11

A new online resource, designed to give health care providers easy access to evidence-based information on CAM, was unveiled today by the NCCAM of the NIH.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine Dialogue Lacking Between Patients, Providers 04/13/11

New survey from AARP and NCCAM finds that although many people 50+ use CAM they often do not inform their health care providers.