Miscellaneous health resources
Alternative
Medicine: a growth industry
A site from the BBC with various articles on alternative medicine
Traditional
Medicine information pages
From the World Health Organization.
Office of Alternative
Medicine
A US organisation initiated through Congressional Mandate and whose
stated mission is to "identify and evaluate unconventional health care practices;
and support, co-ordinate and conduct research and research training on these practices
and disseminate information."
The Alternative
Medicine Homepage
A jump station for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox,
unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies (well,
that's what they say anyway...).
The American Herbal
PharmacopoeiaT
The primary goal of the AHP is to produce authoritative herbal monographs
containing accurate, critically reviewed information on botanicals which can provide
guidance in the appropriate use of herbal therapeutics.
NutraSanus - Natural
Health, Nutritional, Vitamin and Herbal Supplements Guide
Review a comprehensive directory providing information on natural healthcare,
alternative medicine, herbal remedies and health nutrition.
NHS Alliance
The organisation that is leading primary care, primary care organisations
and the new NHS. They do, sometimes, make a statement on the subject of complementary
medicine.
Complementary
Medicine, Information for Primary Care Clinicians
An information pack produced by the Department of Health. This file is
in a ".pdf" format and you need to have the free reader Adobe
Acrobat installed on your computer to be able to read it.
National electronic Library
for Health (NeLH)
A pilot site for what promises to be a great resource for anyone interested
in healthcare
Alternative Medicine
Foundation
This US site aims to provide "evidence based research resources for
health care professionals and reliable information for patients and consumers
about the integration of alternative and conventional medicine."
National
Cancer Institute
CancerNET UK Information Database
Dreams
and illness
Could our dreams actually reveal hidden secrets about the state of our
health?
Nutrition
Advice and info on the subject of nutrition
SupplementWatch.com
A self-funded, privately held corporation consisting of a small group of scientists,
physiologists, nutritionists and other health professionals dedicated to educating
people about the pros and cons of dietary supplementation.
The Health Supplements Information
Service
HSIS is an educational programme, which has been set up to present the
facts about health supplementation
Quackwatch
A guide to health fraud and quackery.
Producing
Standards for Integrated Complementary Medical Practice
Well worth reading. This articles touches on research, education and the
process of physiological or psychological change supposedly initiated by complementary
therapies.
HerbMed®
An interactive, electronic herbal database - provides hyperlinked access
to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health.
Herbal
safety news
This site is dedicated to safety issues associated with herbal medicines. It provides
useful safety information for any one using herbal medicines and anyone operating
in the herbal medicines sector, including manufacturers, herbal practitioners,
suppliers and retailers.
Medline
- Symptoms and Manifestations Topics
An online resource from Medline.
Medline
- Procedures and Therapies Topics
An online resource from Medline with sections on alternative medicine.
RxList - the
Internet Drug Index
Search for information on more than 4500 popular drugs.
Structural
Database of Allergenic Proteins
A website set up by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston,
contains information for about 350 epitopes - protein parts that can trigger immune
reactions.
MedicDirect
An interactive website providing health information
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