By Marilynn Considine, PR & Communications at NCNM
According to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study released yesterday, Americans have spent $34 billion in the last 12 months on Complementary and Alternative medicine health care systems, practices and products. This is especially newsworthy now, when health care access and affordability for all Americans dominates the headlines. NCNM was asked yesterday to comment on the study by reporters from ABC News and Portland’s NBC TV affiliate, KGW-Channel 8 News.
The ABC News online story, by reporter Lauren Cox, includes comments from Dr. Marnie Loomis.
Partly shot on campus, the KGW Channel 8 video story by reporter Joe Smith features NCNM board member and CCM alum Ellen Goldsmith, ND alum Dr. Gary Weiner, and Dr. Loomis. This video link does not include yesterday’s news teaser, in which reporter Smith says that “Oregon is a leader in natural medicine.” But it does include Smith wrapping up the segment by saying, “NCNM is opening a new clinic in September. It will be the largest natural medicine clinic in Portland.”
This may just be the beginning of a news cycle of interest in CAM. There have been other media calls this week as well, so stay tuned for more.