Alternative Health Practices

*TMA Library Complementary and Alternative Medical Health Care Practices Resource Guide* --** a bibliography and listings of organizations and online resources created by Texas Medical Association Library staff from MEDLINE and other resources
TMA Library Glossary of Terms for Complementary and Alternative Medical Health Care Practices – a glossary of terms compiled by TMA Library staff from a variety of online and printed resources
Alternative Medicine Homepage – a list of resources compiled by the University of Pittsburgh on various alternative healthcare practices
American Botanical Council – provides information to educate the public about beneficial herbs and plants and to promote the safe and effective use of medicinal plants
Complementary/Integrative Medicine – M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's Complementary/Integrative Medical Education Resources (CIMER) Web site contains evidence-based reviews of complementary or alternative cancer therapies and links to other authoritative resources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases – maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service, this site lists several hundred medicinal plants and indicates the type of chemical agents isolated from each
HerbMed ® - an interactive, electronic herbal database providing hyperlinked access to the scientific data underlying the use of herbs for health. It is an evidence-based information resource
Herb Research Foundation – a site for herb information, including international news from the world of herbs
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Information Resource: About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products - provides evidence-based information on herbs, botanicals, vitamins, and other supplements for oncologists and other healthcare professionals.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine – information for consumers and health practitioners on alternative medicine from a division of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements – web site providing clinical information on dietary supplements via the International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements database, produced by the National Institutes of Health
Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine – Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons – includes a directory of databases with a bibliographic summary of information on alternative medicine available in the United States, Europe, and Asia
Quackwatch – a web site maintained by Quackwatch, Inc., a nonprofit corporation whose purpose is to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads and fallacies

Last Published: 3/31/2005

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