Alternative Fix
PBS FRONTLINE® examines the controversy over
complementary and alternative medicine
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
From MEDLINEPlus, a service of the U.S. National Library
of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
Alternative Medicine: Evaluate Claims of Treatment Success
From Mayoclinic.com. Educating yourself about
alternative medicine helps you determine whether its treatments are
worth exploring. Follow these suggestions to help you assess the
claims.
Alternative Medicine Homepage
Information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven,
or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies
Alternative Therapies and Modalities
From Aetna Intelihealth. Created by Natural Standard and the
Faculty of the Harvard Medical School
Bandolier Complementary and Alternative Therapies
This site gathers the best evidence available about
complementary and alternative therapies (CAT) for sufferers and
professionals
New Approaches to Chronic Disease
From The Continuum Center for Health and Healing,
Beth Israel Medical Center. Resources and research and online
exercises that offer patients a multidisciplinary integrative
approach to managing Heart Disease, Diabetes and Chronic Pain. |
Information Resource Guides
From the Alternative Medicine Foundation
The New
Medicine: Integrating Mind, Body and Spirit (from PBS)
Returning the human touch to high-tech care. The traditional
doctor-patient relationship is undergoing a shift from paternalism to
partnership, as practitioners and consumers alike have begun to
promote a more holistic form of healthcare called integrative
medicine—seeking to heal the whole person, rather than simply cure a
disease
NOAH Complementary and Alternative Medicine
From NOAH, New York Online Access to Health
Richard and
Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Includes a listing of responsible and reliable web sites. Also
therapies, health issues, information and research resources
Taking Charge
of Your Health
From The University of Minnesota Center for Spirituality and Healing
and The Life Science Foundation. Learn about complementary therapies
University of
Maryland Medical Center Alternative/Complementary Medicine
Look up information about conditions, herbs, supplements,
depletions and treatments
What is
Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
From the
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products
From the Integrative Medicine Service of Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center
Consumer
Information on Dietary Supplements
From the National Institutes of Health, Office of
Dietary Supplements
Dietary
Supplements and Herbal Information
From the Food and Nutrition Information Center of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Dietary
Supplements and Labels Database
The Dietary Supplements Labels Database offers
information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected
brands of dietary supplements. It enables users to determine what
ingredients are in specific brands and to compare ingredients in
different brands. Information is also provided on the health
benefits claimed by manufacturers. These claims by manufacturers
have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
Companies may not market as dietary supplements any products that
are intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. |
Drug Digest
Includes interactions with drugs, herbs, alcohol and food. This
database covers some 5,000 drugs and herbs, and 11,500 potential
interactions based on reports in the literature
Herbal Medicine
From MEDLINEPlus, a service of the U.S. National Library
of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
Natural Medicines
From PDRHealth
What's the Story? Drug-Supplement Interaction
From The American Council on Science and Health,
Inc., a consumer education consortium concerned with issues
related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle,
the environment and health |
