Acupuncture Resources
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health has the mandate to explore complementary and alternative heal-ing practices and to examine the efficacy of these practices using rigorous scientific tech-niques. Although this organization doesn't provide referrals for treatments or practitioners, the NCCAM Web site provides consumers with useful fact sheets, databases, and information on a variety of topics, in-cluding clinical trials and research projects.
The long-established Center for Mind-Body Medicine also offers information to consumers online.
The FDA Consumer Magazine the official magazine of the Food and Drug Administration, frequently reports on alter-native-medicine issues. The current issue and some past issues are available online.
The University of California School of Medicine a pioneer in the field of complementary medicine, has long provided excellent service in mind-body medicine through several clinics and research projects and through classes and workshops for lay people. Consumer information is available online.
The American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
(433 Front St., Catasauqua, PA 18032; Tel: 610-266-1433 ) was formed in 1981 to be the umbrella organization for acupuncture practice. It helped establish the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncturists and the National Council of Acupuncture Schools and Colleges. These organizations support the work of the more than 50 schools of acupuncture and I 0,000 licensed acupuncturists in the U.S.
The American Academy of Medical Acupuncture (4929 Wilshire Blvd. 428, Los Angeles, CA 90010, Tel: 323-937-5514) was founded in 1987 by a group of medical doctors who had graduated from the acupuncture-training program sponsored by the UCLA School of Medicine. The only physician-only professional acupuncture society in the U.S., it has chapters in many states.
The National Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alliance (Tel: 253-851-6896) offers free referrals from a database of more than 8,000 acupuncturists who are state licensed or certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, which is a member of the National Organization for Competency Assurance and is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies.
PUBUCATIONS
Alternative Therapies in Clinical Practice
Thejourna! ofMedical Acupuncture
The American Journal ofAcupuncture Advances (Thejournal ofMind-Body Health)
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