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Complementary & Alternative Medicine

MedlinePlus^®: Alternative Medicine Comprehensive information from an authoritative source: the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine. Includes links to latest news and general overviews of complementary and alternative health and research, specific conditions, prevention and screening, organizations, statistics and more.; Herbs and Supplements "Browse dietary supplements and herbal remedies to learn about their effectiveness, usual dosage, and drug interactions."

Alternative Medicine Foundation Resource Guides: these excellent guides contain an introduction to the topic, links to books, journals, web sites and organizations. Guides cover many topics including choosing a practitioner, how to make sense of contradictory research and information on modalities such as homeopathy, Ayurveda, Tibetan medicine and more. (The Foundation closed in Septemter 2010)

Ask Dr. Weil: Andrew Weil, M.D. is a leader in the movement toward "integrative medicine" -- combining the best of conventional Western medicine and the so-called "alternative" therapies. This is an informative site that highlights Dr. Weil's previous work as well as his answers to questions about complementary, alternative, and integrative approaches to health problems.

Bandolier - Complementary and Alternative Therapies: articles from an online healthcare journal that gathers the best evidence available on complementary and alternative therapies.

Bastyr Center for Natural Health: Though modestly characterized as a "partial listing," this is a comprehensive guide to internet and online resources covering complementary therapies and alternative medical practices. From the Bastyr University (School of Naturopathic Medicine) Library in Seattle.

Foundation for Alternative and Integrative Medicine:: This page provides a list of organizations dealing with complementary/alternative and integrative medicine.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: established by Congress in 1998, the NCCAM is one of the institutes of the National Institutes of Health. Its website defines complementary and alternative medicine and provides new alerts, information on research and clinical trials and more.