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Alternative, Complementary & Integrative Medicine

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Alternative Medicine Center
Extensive resource with information about different systems of traditional medicine and alternative and complementary therapies.
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Alternative Medicine Foundation
This site describes the Alternative Medicine Foundation and provides links to resources for use by health care professionals and consumers.
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Alternative Medicine Health Care Information Resources
Directory of Internet resources relevant to alternative medicine, as well as a link to A Dictionary of Alternative-Medicine Methods.
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Alternative Medicine HomePage
"Jumpstation for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies." Maintained by the Falk Library of Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh.
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American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA)
Information about the association, membership, conferences and newsletters. Also provides information for consumers, a guide to holistic medicine resources and web sites, and a doctor finder.
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HerbMed
Interactive herbal database providing access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. Evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers, and general public. Project of the Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.
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MEDLINEplus: Alternative Medicine
Index to alternative medicine information. Site produced by the National Library of Medicine and directed at consumers.
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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
"Conducts and supports basic and applied research and training and disseminates information on complementary and alternative medicine to practitioners and the public." This site includes a citation index of articles about alternative medicine.
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National Center for Homeopathy
Information about homeopathy and the activities of this organization are described on this site; links to additional resources are also provided.
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NCI: Office of Cancer Alternative and Complementary Medicine (OCCAM)
The OCCAM goal is to increase cancer research and information about the use of complementary and alternative modalities as they relate to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer, cancer-related symptoms and side effects of conventional treatment.
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NIH: Office of Dietary Supplements
Links to the IBIDS database (International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements). "The purpose of this database is to assist researchers, physicians, and the general public in locating scientific literature on dietary supplements."
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NOAH: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Information about approaches to alternative healing, specific health conditions and concerns, and links to additional resources.
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Osher Center for Integrative Medicine (UCSF)
The mission of the Osher Center is "to search for the most effective treatments for patients by combining both conventional and alternative approaches to the biological, psychological, and spiritual aspects of health and wellness."
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Quackwatch
Provides critical analysis of alternative therapies. Operated by Dr. Stephen Barrett, M.D.
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Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Provides information about projects and curriculum and a directory of relevant Internet resources. Established by Columbia University.
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