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The '''National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health''' ('''NCCIH''') is a United States government agency which explores [[alternative medicine|complementary and alternative medicine]] (CAM). It was initially created in 1991 as the '''Office of Alternative Medicine''' ('''OAM'''), and renamed the '''National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine''' ('''NCCAM''') before receiving its current name in 2014.<ref name="name_change" /> NCCIH is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) within the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]]. | |||
The '''National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health''' ('''NCCIH''') is a United States government agency which explores [[alternative medicine|complementary and alternative medicine]] (CAM). It was initially created in 1991 as the '''Office of Alternative Medicine''' ('''OAM'''), and renamed the '''National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine''' ('''NCCAM''') before receiving its current name in 2014.<ref name=name_change/> NCCIH is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) within the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]]. | |||
NCCIH has been criticized for funding and marketing pseudoscientific medicine.<ref name=SSOAGGRAM/><ref name=london/> | NCCIH has been criticized for funding and marketing pseudoscientific medicine.<ref name=SSOAGGRAM/><ref name=london/> | ||