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Alternative Health News Online
Updated daily.
Sections include: Health News Bulletins ; Diet & Nutrition ; Mind/Body Control ; Alternative Medical Systems ; Manual Healing ; Longevity ; Books We Recommend ; Ask Dr. Weil ; Health News ; Cool Links.
Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.
"...is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, founded in March 1998 to provide responsible and reliable information about alternative medicine to the public and health professionals."
- TibetMed
"For Tibetan Medicine Information and Research"
Sections include: Ask Doctor Namseling ; Question & Answer Library ; Medical Schools & Training ; Conferences, Courses, & Events ; Professional Resources ; Related Links.
The Alternative Medicine Homepage
"...is a jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies."
Sections include: AIDS & HIV ; Databases ; Internet Resources ; Mailing Lists & Newsgroups ; Government Resources ; Pennsylvania Resources ; Practitioners' Directories ; Related Resources.
By Charles B. Wessel, Medical Librarian, Health Sciences Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Alternative Medicine Magazine
Sections include: Health Conditions ; Therapies ; Feature Practitioners ; Clinics ; Products ; Remedies.
Also includes a "Full Text Search to help locate past magazine articles, Health Condition topics, and other useful resources in our comprehensive Alternative Medicine database."
American Indian Ethnobotany Database
Foods, Drugs, Dyes, and Fibers of Native North American Peoples
By Dan Meorman, Dept. of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Bastyr University (Seattle)
"We educate future leaders in natural health sciences that integrate mind, body, spirit and nature. Through natural health education, research and clinical services, we improve the health and well-being of the human community."
Chinese Medical Association (Taipei) - (dead link)
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center - Dept. of Urology - The Center for Holistic Urology
"...dedicated to the complementary treatment of men and women with disorders of the urinary tract, including cancers of the prostate, bladder, and kidney, chronic urinary tract infections, benign prostatic enlargement, prostatitis, incontinence, interstitial cystitis, and kidney stones."
Columbia University - Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
"...broad goals are to contribute to the informed research and practice of complementary and alternative medicine and to foster the development of a more comprehensive and inclusive medical system...The Center's research is carried out with intrinsic interest in and respect for the traditions from which many alternative therapies originate, and is mindful of the importance of the subjective human experience to health and health care...The Center practices and supports values and ethical relationships that promote environmentally protective policies, including conservation of traditional medical knowledge and botanical resources."
Complete Home Medical Guide (etext)
Sections include: Using Your Health Care System ; New Approaches to Wellness ; Symptoms and Diagnoses ; First Aid and Safety ; Treatment and Prevention of Disease ; Drugs and Their Use ;
- The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Harvard Medical School - Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies
Health Resources and Services Administration - Bureau of Primary Health Care
Herb Research Foundation
"...is the world's first and foremost source of accurate, science-based information on the health benefits and safety of herbs---and expertise in sustainable botanical resource development."
HerbMed
"...an interactive, electronic herbal database ñ provides hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public."
- Project of the Alternative Medicine Foundation
International Trust for Traditional Medicine (ITTM) - (dead link) (West Bengal, India)
"...creates an international study network on traditional medical cultures of various regions, promoting education, research and documentation, through its International Research Circles (IRCs)."
- AyurVijnana - (dead link)
Periodical on Indo-Tibetan Medical Cultures
- Projects
- Glossary Database of Sanskrit & Tibetan Medical Terms with English Equivalents - (dead link)
"derived from Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita by Vagbhata (7th century) and its Tibetan translation yan brgyad pa'i snying po bsdus pa by Richen Zangpo and Janardana (11th century)"
- Bibliography of Tibetan Medical Literature
- Data Input Project of Tibetan Medical Texts and Tibetan Medical Digital Research Archive
- Tibetan & Mongolian Bibliography of Medical Texts
An Illustrated Herbal
500 Medicinal Plants and their Properties
National Academy Press (free online versions)
National Institutes of Health
Native Nursery
A Comprehensive Internet Site Relating to Native Australian Flora and the Environment
Organicfood.co.uk
Online organic lifestyle magazine
Resource Guide for Tibetan Medicine
By Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon.
[Supplements] MedlinePlus: Dietary Supplements
Sections include: News ; From the NIH ; Specific Conditions ; Related Issues ; Publications ; Clinical Trials ; Research ; Directories ; Organizations ; Law & Policy ; Teenagers ; Seniors.
- National Institutes of Health
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
USDA - Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
University of California, San Diego - Cancer Center
University of Minnesota Academic Health Center - Center for Spirituality and Healing
Vegetarian Resource Group (VRG)
A collection of consumer related resource. The site is informative and fun.
Vegetarian Nutrition Resource List for Consumers - (dead link)
From Food and Nutrition Information Center, USDA
White House Commission on Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Policy
Skeptics & Healthy Skepticism
The British Medical Journal
Federal Trade Commission
- Federal Trade Commission - 'Miracle' Health Claims: Add a Dose of Skepticism - (dead link)
Quackwatch Home Page
"Your Guide to Health Fraud, Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions"
By Stephen Barrett, M.D.
The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine - (dead link)
"The only peer-reviewed medical journal dedicated exclusively to carefully assessing the claims, treatments, and hypotheses of unconventional medicine."
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