Integrative Medicine, Complementary Alternative Medicine and Health Round-up #51: January 2012

Summary: IHPC publishes integrative care stakeholder report on Affordable Care Act … Center for Practical Bioethics forms national group to promote Institute of Medicine pain blueprint … Huffington Post publishes Top 10 lists for 2011 … Grassroots efforts help protect National Prevention Fund … Certified Professional Midwives get backing from Barney Frank … Harkin and Hatch ask FDA to redraft guidance on New Dietary Ingredients … Lori Knutson steps down from Allina/Penny George Institute position to lead The Marsh … U Wisconsin free clinical module for hypothyroidism … Huge drop off in number of CAM educational programs in Britain … Chiropractors take battle over accreditation to the Department of Education … Article examines standards debate in massage therapy … University of Western States begins MS program in functional medicine … Ted Kaptchuk featured in New Yorker article on placebo … Chicago Tribune reporter goers after NCCAM … Military turns to integrative medicine … Dieticians in Functional Medicine established, sets standards … After 8 years, IN-CAM begins charging dues … Australian CAM-public health research organization reports exceptional year of growth … Chiropractors call for presentations for public health conferences … Carla Wilson, LAc, DAOM honored by SF Mayor Edwin Lee … Joseph Pizzorno honored by Natural Products Association …