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From: Allen Darman
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 3:32 PM
To: allen_dar@...
Subject: [mscured] Our government has a place to report alt med recovery stories


Dear Group:

Our Federal Government has established a Federal Coordinating Council For
Comparative Effectiveness Research.

The site for this is http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/os/cerbios.html

The next three paragraphs tell a little bit about the intent of "comparative
effectiveness research". (I used cut and paste from the site mentioned above to
bring the copy reflected below.)

“Comparative effectiveness research can improve care for all Americans and is
an important element of President Obama’s health reform plan,” said HHS
Spokeswoman Jenny Backus. “President Obama is committed to openness and
transparency and the Coordinating Council will host open meetings and a
listening session as it begins its important work.”

Comparative effectiveness research provides information on the relative
strengths and weakness of various medical interventions. Such research will give
clinicians and patients valid information to make decisions that will improve
the performance of the U.S. health care system

The 15 member Council, named today in accordance with a Congressionally-mandate
timeline, will assist the agencies of the Federal government, including HHS and
the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense, as well as others, to
coordinate comparative effectiveness and related health services research. The
Recovery Act authorized $300 million for the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality, $400 million for the National Institutes of Health, and $400 million
for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to support comparative
effectiveness research.

On this site is a place for persons to tell their recovery stories. Under the
"Contacts" link on the site listed above is a call for recovery stories. (Again,
I used cut and paste to bring the following in from
http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/contacts/index.html )

Tell us your recovery story! (Or submit a comment)

We want to hear your recovery story, or you may want to comment on the
information on this site. Here’s what we will do with the information you send
us:

* Stories will be gathered and read. Some stories may be shared on this
site.
* Comments will be shared with the HHS Recovery Act Board, along with
recommendations for possible actions, especially about critical issues.
* Be sure to read our Privacy Policy. Please do not give us any additional
personal identification information in your story or comment. Never send us your
social security number.

This is a perfect place for those persons that have used alternative medical
means of ANY SORT to tell their recovery stories to our government... in the
hope that perhaps research will be directed towards natural healing methodology
some day. Did fish oil help you? Did vitamins or minerals help you? Did
probiotics help you? Did dealing with candida help you? Did using amino acids
help you? Did food allergy avoidance help you? to recover from ANY illness
that you may have had?

This is the place to tell any alternative medical recovery story that you may
have... in the hope that "our government" and President Obama will listen to
what you have to say.

I repeat the link http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/contacts/index.html to do this.

Allen Darman

http://my.opera.com/nutrientscure/blog/









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