CAM Web sites
CAM Web sites
General
• The National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: nccam.nih.gov.
This site includes fact sheets, consensus reports on a wide variety of topics, databases, research results, and clinical trial opportunities.
• American College for Advancement in Medicine: acam.org.
This site from a nonprofit medical society is dedicated to educating physicians on the latest findings and emerging procedures in complementary/alternative medicine, with special emphasis on preventive and nutritional medicine.
• Medlineplus: medlineplus.gov.
This is the National Library of Medicine’s comprehensive guide to conventional and alternative medicine and an excellent starting point for basic research. See alternative medicine under the health topics section for resources on a variety of conditions and treatments. The site also includes a medical encyclopedia and several dictionaries, a drug reference guide, and links to hundreds of reputable health organizations.
• Alternative Medicine Foundation: amfoundation.org.
The site provides resources for health care professionals and information for consumers on a wide range of complementary therapies with links to other resources.
• Alt-Health: alt-health.com.
This is a free health site with links to tens of thousands of reviewed sites containing research and information on various conditions, treatments, and preventive measures.
• HealthWorld Online: healthy.net.
This is a consumer-oriented health network that integrates alternative and conventional health information with self-choice guides to help patients develop healthy lifestyle choices.
• Natural Health Link: naturalhealthlink.com.
This site is intended to link alternative health care professionals and patients interested in wellness, prevention and national approaches to improving health.
The "Build Your Practice" section contains assessment tests, resources, and discussion groups on complementary and alternative medicine topics.
• Vicus: vicus.com.
This site contains news, links, references, data-bases, and directories with a section for practitioners that contains information on everything from accounting to personnel, and marketing to regulatory updates.
Cancer
• The National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine: occam.nci.nih.gov.
This site is a wealth of information for consumers, practitioners, and researchers that includes descriptions of CAM cancer clinical trials.
• The University of Texas at Houston’s Center for Alternative Medicine Research in Cancer: sph.uth.tmc.edu/utcam.
This site contains comprehensive scientific reviews on a wide variety of herbs, supplements, and nutritional therapies for cancer. The center has been closed and the Web site may soon be moved into the NCCAM Web site, but at present it is still operational.
• Commonweal Cancer Help Program: commonweal.org.
Commonweal was founded by Michael Lerner, PhD, in 1976, to provide support programs for people with cancer. The program emphasizes informed choice in integrating conventional cancer treatment with complementary treatment.
Diabetes
• Alternative Diabetes.com: alternativediabetes.com.
The site contains discussions of a variety of complementary therapies used to treat diabetes and its complications, plus a database of research in alternative therapies.
Herbs/SUPPLEMENTS
• The Natural Pharmacist: TNP.com.
An independent, unbiased source of science-based information on herbs and dietary supplements, this site includes detailed monographs, information on herb-drug interactions, and interactive health tools. The site provides a balance of both negative and positive data, and all content is supervised by physicians and people with PhDs.
• American Botanical Council and the Herb Research Foundation: herbalgram.org.
This site is a source for herbs and other dietary supplement questions.
• HerbMed: herbmed.org.
An evidence-based information resource for professionals, researchers and the general public, this site provides a link to scientific data underlying the medicinal use of herbs. It includes contraindications and toxic and adverse effects and mechanisms of action for more than 100 commonly used herbs.
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