According to the medical historian James Harvey Young: In 1991 the Senate Appropriations Committee responsible for funding the National Institutes of Health (NIH) declared itself "not satisfied that the conventional medical community as symbolized at the NIH has fully explored the potential that exists in unconventional medical practices.
I følge den medicinske historiske James Harvey Young: I 1991 erklærede den Senates Bevillingsudvalg, der var ansvarlig for støtten til NIH, sig for "ikke tilfreds med den konventionelle medicinske verden som symboliseret hos NIH, har fuldt ud undersøgt potentialet der eksisterer i ukonventionelle medicinske praksisser.