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Office established in the National Institutes of Health to research "unconventional medicine."

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The U.S. Congress passes legislation (Public Law 102-170) that provides $2 million in funding to establish an office within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that evaluates "promising" forms of unconventional medicine.

This marks a significant shift in national health policy in exploring and legitimizing non-allopathic healing practices. The office will later be known as the Office of Alternative Medicine, and eventually as the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.

The center today lists their top research priorities as: "nonpharmacologic management of pain, complementary health approaches, emotional well-being as a component of disease prevention and health promotion across the lifespan," and more.