In Norway, health-related therapies not included within the standard medical healthcare system are officially termed "alternative treatment". Internationally, this is often known as "complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)." Here, we use the term CAM for consistency with global terminology.
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Dette offentlige registeret er en del av Brønnøysundregistrene, og kalles til daglig Utøverregisteret.
- Helseforståelse og egenbehandling er en del av pakistansk oppdragelse og kultur, sier Ph.D.-student ved NAFKAM, Saliha Khalid.
Cebam, the Belgian Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, has recently accredited CAM Cancer for providing high quality health information.
“We are pleased that NAFKAM's research activities can continue to contribute on a global level," says Miek Jong, director of NAFKAM.
Etter en vellykket pilotstudie skal NAFKAM og samarbeidspartnere undersøke om turer i skog og mark kan gjøre livet etter kreftsykdom bedre.
- Vi ønsker å forbedre kommunikasjonen mellom pasienter, pårørende og helsepersonell når det gjelder alternativ behandling ved kreft, sier Astrid Vendelsøe, gjesteforsker ved NAFKAM.
In terms of research, NAFKAM's vision is to carry out research of the highest quality on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM); that our research contributes to informed health choices and higher patient safety, and set an international standard for quality in research in the field.
- The results from this study may lead to better treatment for chronic neck pain, says professor Frauke Musial.
Norway's National Research Center in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
We work to give you facts about complementary and alternative medicine, so that you can make safer choices for your health.
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