Alternative Health Care

In late 1998, the U.S. government gave additional recognition to the field of alternative health care, elevating the Office of Alternative Medicine to the status of a center—the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which was most recently renamed the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. The U.S. government has also dramatically increased NCCIH's budget since its conception. The center focuses on conducting clinical trials in a variety of alternative approaches.