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- Please also check for additional information
on this subject in the General Guides page of the Health Research Guide.
- About Herbs, Botanicals,
and Other Products
- An information resource from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Provides
evidence-based information on herbal and botanical products. Lists purported uses, adverse effects, pharmacokinetics, herb-drug interactions, and more.
- Alternative
Medicine Foundation
- This foundation's mission is to provide reliable information
on alternative medicine to health professionals and the public.
Especially useful are the Resource Guides which cover topics such as chosing a practitioner and making sense of medical research.
- Alternative
Medicine Homepage
- A directory
for all types of alternative and complementary health sites
prepared and maintained by medical librarian, Charlie B. Wessel, at the Falk Library
of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh.
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine - MayoClinic
- Presents an overview of the topic as well as links to questions and answers about popular alternative health treatments. The Mayo Clinic also has a page on Herbs, Supplements and Vitamins.
- Complementary and Alternative Therapies - MedlinePlus
- A comprehensive, high-quality site from the National Library of Medicine.
Links to resources on topics such as accupuncture, cancer alternative therapies, dietary supplements, chiropractic, and herbal medicine.
- Dietary Supplements Labels Database
- Find supplements by searching brand names, active ingredients, or manufacturers. Results pages link out to high quality information on topics such as clinical trials, adverse effects, and mechanism of action. Provided by the National Library of Medicine.
- Dr. Weil
- Dr. Weil's site has a variety of information about natural health, vitamins and supplements. There is also a link to a question and answer library under "Ask Dr. Weil".
- Health
World Online Village
- A general health site which
also has a wide range of information on the
alternative health and complementary medicine
perspective. Offers resources in nutrition,
fitness, emotional health, news, diseases and conditions. There is also a section on finding a practitioner.
- HealthyNJ - Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- Recommended websites and New Jersey-specific resources
from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
- HerbMed
- A catalog of herbs and their
uses. Summarizes research articles from Medline
and offers a hyperlink to the original abstract.
For each herb the site gives evidence for
activity, warnings, preparations, mixtures,
and mechanism of action. Only limited content is free.
- Index to Chiropractic Literature
- This database, from the Chiropractic Library Collaboration, indexes the peer reviewed literature produced by
chiropractic publishers.
- National Cancer Institute - CAM Topics
- Information for the patient and health professional on specific topics from the Physician Data Query
database from the National Cancer Institute.
- National
Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- The NCCAM is the federal government's lead agency for scientific research
on practices and products not considered part of conventional medicine. Provides research-based information on treatments and conditions.
Also has information on clinical trials, grants, research, and how to be an informed consumer.
- Noah: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- This web page has information on a variety of alternative healing approaches, and a listing of additional resources.
- Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)
- The National Cancer Institute site has information for consumers and health professionals on CAM therapies,
research, clinical trials, grants and funding opportunities.
- Office
of Dietary Supplements - National Institutes
of Health
- The Office of Dietary Supplements
supports research and disseminates information
on the use of dietary supplements.ODS supports
the International Bibliographic Information
on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) which is a
database of published, international, scientific
literature on dietary supplements, including
vitamins, minerals, and botanicals.
- Quackwatch
- Takes a conservative and critical look at
many alternative health therapies in an effort
to confront health related frauds, myths and
fallacies.
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