 CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT: 2nd annual "Evidence-based CAM for Cancer" January 8-10, 2009 West Palm Beach, FL. For more information click on link below. 2nd Annual conference on Complementary and Alternative Cancer Treatments Read on if you have an interest in complementary or alternative medicine (CAM)} for cancer. The Annie Appleseed Project, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, provides information, education, advocacy, and awareness for people with cancer and their family and friends who are interested in complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) and natural therapies from a patient's perspective. We are an all volunteer organization. Please see the article about us that appeared in the November-December 2004 issue of Alternative Medicine magazine. Link just below: "A Cancer Patient's Best Friend," by Peter Jaret, Dec 2004 Ann Fonfa, founder of The Annie Appleseed Project and a breast cancer survivor, has testified in Congress and to the Food & Drug Administration about a patient's need for CAM information. "Only by standing up for our right to know will we get the studies we need to make educated and informed choices." Our comprehensive website encompasses both COMPLEMENTARY therapies – the use of natural therapies WITH conventional medicine, and ALTERNATIVE therapies – those used INSTEAD of or AFTER conventional therapy. Both are usually referred to as CAM. Lately the idea has grown to call the combination INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE. This concept will benefit patients. Patients need to act NOW, thus many ideas are explored within this site. There are quite a few links – it is like an encyclopedia of options. Making healthy decisions for your self, a family member, or a friend is more easily done with good information. There are lots of scientific studies on these pages, as well as what we call "possibilities." Please see the "Who We Are" section for our policies. In the "Studies" section, you will find many published studies and articles on nutrition, dietary supplements, and much more. We update our site regularly by creating new pages as studies appear in journals and other formats. Latest studies continue to show that a majority of cancer patients use some form of CAM. (Eisenberg et al, 2000;Kumar, 2002;Metz, 2002;Kelly et al, 2002;Richardson et al, 2000;Bernstein & Grasso, 2001;Ashikaga et al, 2002;Wolsko et al, 2004;Risberg et al, 2004;Buettner C et al, 2006;Mansky PJ et al, 2006;McEachrane-Gross FP et al, 2006;Swarup AB et al, 2006;Robotin MC et al, 2006;Humpel N et al, 2006, etc.). Studies have been done in the US, UK, Australia, Turkey, Brazil, Norway, Switzerland, and The Netherlands - in other words CAM is in use everywhere. Few studies are at the gold standard level of randomized clinical trials. We need to keep asking that such trials be started so we will KNOW what works. For MEN, check out the new section called "Prostate Corner" - see the left side of any page to access it. Visitors can SEARCH our site for any topic of interest. CONTACT us if you have questions at annieappleseedpr@aol.com, or hit the email button. Remember, in every situation there are SURVIVORS. Work actively to insure that you are in this group. Be well. WE ARE SUPPORTED BY DONATIONS (tax-deductible to the full extent of the law). Are you one of those with "grateful patient syndrome"? Please consider making a donation to us. Please make your check payable to, "The Annie Appleseed Project," and send it to: The Annie Appleseed Project, 7319 Serrano Terrace, Delray Beach, FL 33446-2215. We appreciate "In Memory Of" or "In Honor Of" donations too. See our "Who We Are/Donate" page for more information. We do NOT accept any advertising. We do NOT keep track of our visitors in any way except to count the number of them (and what SEARCH engine they came to us through). Our site does NOT use cookies. See below. We have recently been informed that there are over 10,600 links pointed to our site. We have about 1.5 million visitors annually. (8/08) The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. (Chinese proverb) DISCLAIMER: The information provided is for educational purposes only. It is not meant to diagnose or treat any health condition and is not a replacement for treatment by a healthcare provider.
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