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What is AlterMeds unique value add compared to other health research foundations?

April 26, 2017altermed Foundations Health Research value

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What is AlterMeds unique value add compared to other health research foundations?

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First, AlterMed funds Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) research not conventional. So this sets us apart from the conventional research institutions. AlterMed also does not conduct clinical research directly, practice CAM, or sell CAM products, so there is no conflict of interest or any incentive to bias our funded research results. Our interest is to mainstream CAM with scientific evidence so conventional community can adopt proven CAM. We have no interest to support CAM researchers going off in their own separate direction without the mainstream also supporting that direction. Will funding raised by AlterMed for CAM research be used on animal research? No.