Complementary and Alternative Medicine

General Information Sites

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine 
http://nccam.nih.gov/ 

Alternative Medicine Foundation
http://www.amfoundation.org

The Alternative Medicine Homepage from University of Pittsburgh
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html

Ask NOAH About: Complementary and Alternative Medicine.  A patient friendly English/Spanish trusted health resource http://www.noah-health.org/en/alternative/index.html

HealthWorld Online:
http://www.healthy.net/

Mayo Clinic: Complementary & Alternative Medicine
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/consumer-health/MY00434/DSECTION=alternative-medicine

MedlinePlus Complementary and Alternative medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/complementaryandalternativemedicine.html

Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine:
http://www.rosenthal.hs.columbia.edu/

University of Maryland Medical Center Complementary and Alternative Index
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/

White House Commission on Complementary & Alternative Medicine Policy
http://www.whccamp.hhs.gov/finalreport_pdf.html

Nutriceuticals

National Nutraceutical Center
http://www.clemson.edu/NNC/what_are_nutra.html

NIH  Office of Dietary Supplements
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/

Dietary Supplements Labels Database
http://dietarysupplements.nlm.nih.gov/dietary/

Healthy Eating

The FoodChart
http://www.thefoodchart.com/

Whole Health MD
http://www.wholehealthmd.com/

Herbs

Henrietta's Herbal HomePage
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/

HerbMed 
http://www.herbmed.org/ 
An evidence-based herbal database with  hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health.  This has become a Pay-for-Day subscription.

Resources for Cancer Patients

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/cimer/

Cancer.gov
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/therapy/CAM

Arictcle for CA a Cancer Journal for Clinicians
http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/cgi/content/full/55/2/109

Pain Management

Alternative Medicine Foundation
http://www.amfoundation.org/pain.htm

The National Pain Foundation
http://www.nationalpainfoundation.org/cat/143/alternative-and-complementary

Acupunture from The Mayo Clinic
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/acupuncture/SA00086
 

Traditional Medical Systems

Traditional Chinese Medicine
http://tcmbasics.com/

The National Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine
http://niam.com/corp-web/index.htm

Native American Medicine
http://www.healing-arts.org/nativelinks.htm

Searching for Information

PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/

to search for CAM information …..
type diagnosis/disease in “search” box
click “limit” tab
choose “Complementary Medicine” (subset)
click “go” (top of page)

The Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
http://www.naturaldatabase.com/

Who Pays?

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/financial/index.htm
 

To Keep Everybody Honest

Quack Watch
http://www.quackwatch.com/

Quackpot Watch
http://www.quackpotwatch.org/
 

10/13/09

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