Dan Cherkin (senior scientific investigator, Group Health Center for Health Studies) joined Health Journalism 2009's panel on "Complementary and alternative medicine: What's working, what's ahead" to deliver a presentation titled "CAM for back pain: What's working? What's ahead? " In it, Cherkin talks about using CAM to treat chronic back pain, saying that CAM can provide valid treatment options, even when functioning as little more than placebos.
