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Article #5925NCAS EVENT: WAYNE JONAS TALK
From: Jim Giglio
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 18:56
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 18:56
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Dr. Jonas is former head of the NIH Office of Alternative
Medicine; his talk should be of interest to anybody with an
interest in health matters.
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National Capital Area Skeptics
REGULAR MONTHLY PUBLIC EVENT:
"Complementary and Alternative medicine: The Complexity of Applying
Evidence-based Principles in Implausible Domains"
SPEAKER: Wayne Jonas, M.D., Researcher, former Director of NIH
Office of Alternative Medicine, current Director of Samueli Institute
for Information Biology at the Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences.
TOPIC: Complementary and alternative medicine contains a number of claims
that are highly implausible and are not based on scientific evidence.
Some, however, appear to have met the criteria for quality research
required for acceptance in conventional medicine. How should this
evidence be approached?
Date & Time: Saturday, February 9, 10:30 AM Noon
Location: Silver Spring library, 8901 Colesville Road,
Silver Spring, MD
(4 blocks North of Silver Spring metro)
Free -- Public Invited.
PHONE: (301) 587-3827
ON THE WEB: www.ncas.org
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