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Alternative Medicine Resources

General Sites

Specific topics: Acupuncture | Apitherapy | Ayurveda | Chiropractic | Herbal Medicine | Homeopathy | Naturopathy

For more information on Alternative Medicine, go to the National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus


General Sites

All Medicinal Plant Files by Genus - Southwest School of Botanical Medicine
Master Genus Index integrating ALL plant photographs, illustrations, maps, abstracts, constituents, monographs, major papers and folios by genus and species.

ALTERNATIVE Health News Online - Frank Grazian
Helpful alternative, complimentary and preventive health news...news and information that will keep you up to date on the latest happenings in these rapidly growing fields.

Alternative Medicine Center: Natural & Alternative Approaches - HealthWorld Online
HealthWorld Online is your 24-hour health resource center--a virtual health village where you can access information, products, and services to help create your wellness-based lifestyle.

The Alternative Medicine Homepage - Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh
The Alternative Medicine Homepage is a jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies.

Alternative Medicine Review - Thorne Research, Inc.
Alternative Medicine Review publishes literature reviews, original research, editorial comment, monographs, and book reviews on subjects interesting to, and clinically valuable for our customers. This peer-reviewed publication is a service Thorne Research continues to make available to its customers at no charge. (Login required).

Ask NOAH About: Complementary and Alternative Medicine - The City University of New York Office of Library Services (CUNY); the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO); The New York Academy of Medicine Library (NYAM); The New York Public Library (NYPL); the Queens Borough Public Library; and the Brooklyn Public Library
NOAH provides access to high quality full-text consumer health information in English and Spanish that is accurate, timely, relevant and unbiased.

CAM on PubMed - the National Library of Medicine and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
A subset of NLM's PubMed. Your literature search will be automatically limited to the complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) subset of PubMed.

Complementary/Integrative Medicine Education Resources - the Office of Educational Programs and the Integrative Medicine Program at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Contains evidence-based reviews of complementary or alternative cancer therapies as well as links to other authoritative resources

Health Care Information Resources: Alternative Medicine - McMaster University, Health Sciences Library
This first part of the Alternative Medicine section of Health Care Information Resources offers access to general resources on the WWW in Alternative Medicine. Immediately below are links to pages that are inclusive, or encyclopedic, in nature. These first links each offer access to multiple alternative medicine topics.

Holistic-Online
Comprehensive information about your health. Features conventional, alternative, integrative, and mind-body medicine

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - National Institutes of Health
NCCAM's mission is to support rigorous research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), to train researchers in CAM, and to disseminate information to the public and professionals on which CAM modalities work, which do not, and why.

National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC) - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
A service of the Office on Women's Health in the Department of Health and Human Services, the NWHIC provides a gateway to the vast array of Federal and other women's health information resources.

Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases - Agricultural Research Service

Prevention.com
Website for the magazine Prevention.

The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine - Columbia University
Created in 1993, one of the first centers at a major medical school devoted specifically to research, education and training in complementary and alternative medicine

Quackwatch - Stephen Barrett, M.D.
Your guide to quackery and alternative medicine.

WholeHealthMD
Physician-directed actionable health information, which combines conventional medicine and alternative therapies to improve Whole Health.

Specific topics

Acupuncture

Consensus Statements Overview: Acupuncture - NIH Consensus Development Program
Acupuncture.com
Acupuncture: Current Bibliographies in Medicine (97-6) - National Library of Medicine
American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
The purpose of the AAMA is to promote the integration of concepts from traditional and modern forms of acupuncture with Western medical training and thereby synthesize a more comprehensive approach to health care.
The British Medical Acupuncture Society
The BMAS is a registered charity established to encourage the use and scientific understanding of acupuncture within medicine for the public benefit.

Apitherapy

Apitherapy.com
Provides information on all aspects of Apitherapy.

Ayurveda

Ayurveda: National Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine
NIAM is recognized as the largest and most authentic resource of information on Ayurveda in the United States. It was established in 1982 by Scott Gerson, M.D

Chiropractic

Chiropractic Resource Organization
Chiropractic information news views science reviews. First daily news site on the Internet for the chiropractic profession.
Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards
Deals with maintaining high, uniform standards in areas related to chiropractic licensure, regulation, discipline, and education.

Herbal Medicine

Environews by Topic: Herbal Medicine - Environmental Health Perspectives
Herbal Remedies: Adverse Effects and Drug Interactions - Cupp, M.J., American Family Physician
The Natural Pharmacy - HealthGate
This is an up-to-date and extensive source of objective and science-based information on natural medicine.
Office of Dietary Supplements - National Instututes of Health
The ODS supports research and disseminates research results in the area of dietary supplements.

Homeopathy

Homeopathy: The North American Society of Homeopaths (NASH)
NASH is an organization of professional practitioners dedicated to developing and maintaining high standards of homeopathic practice in North America

Naturopathic

American Naturopathic Medical Association
ANMA is a nonprofit, scientific, educational, organization, dedicated to exploring new frontiers of mind, body, medicine and health.

 

 


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