Dubious 'Integrative' Cancer Care at NIH Centers

More than 60 percent of NIH-supported comprehensive centers in the U.S. offer a range of medically questionable treatments under the rubric of “integrative medicine.” The number of centers providing patients with information on “healing touch”—a type of “energy medicine”—increased nearly 30 percent between 2009 and 2016. Similarly, Ayurveda—an ancient Indian pseudoscience involving herbal, mineral, and metal treatments—increased by 10 percent in the same timeframe.