1998年10月,美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)发布报告,替代医学办公室(OAM)最近向3个研究中心提供经费,用于补充和替代医学(CAM)疗法对成瘾、心血管病和儿科疾病的治疗进行临床研究。替代医学办公室于1997年10月发布招标,美国国立卫生研究院对标书进行科学性初评后,经费提供给: Thomas J.Kiresuk(哲学博士),Minneapolis医学研究基金会成瘾研究中心的主要研究员; In October 1998, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a report that the Office of Alternative Medicine (OAM) recently funded three research centers for complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for addiction, cardiovascular disease, and pediatrics Treatment of the disease for clinical studies. The Office of Alternative Medicine issued a tender in October 1997. After the National Institutes of Health conducted an initial scientific evaluation of the bids, the funds were provided to: Thomas J. Kiresuk (Ph.D.), major researcher at the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation Addiction Research Center;