Monday, September 25, 2000
Resources on complementary medicine
Check these Web sites for information on complementary and alternative medicines, herbal remedies, nutritional supplements and wellness:
• Chiropractic care: (www.yourspine.com)
• Federal Trade Commission: (www.ftc.gov) for information and consumer warnings on unsubstantiated claims made by manufacturers of herbal and nutritional supplements.
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: (www.nccam.nih.gov) for definitions of complementary therapies, information on research and pointers for finding and evaluating complementary practitioners. NCCAM also has a toll-free information clearinghouse, (888) 644-6226, staffed 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. After hours, the line operates as a “fax on demand” line for some publications.
• The Combined Health Information Database: (www.chid.nih.gov) a searchable database with information on research titles and abstracts, health education resources and health information.
• Medline (www.medlineplus.nlm.nig.gov/medlineplus/), the U.S. National Library of Medicine's online consumer health information database.
• Healthy Child: (www.healthychild.com), which includes a searchable database on complementary therapies.
• HealthWorld Online: (www.healthy.net), which includes a variety of wellness information, including a referral network, discussion group, news updates and shopping.
• Hermed.org: (www.herbmed.org), a searchable database on herbal remedies, including interactions, side effects and contra-indications.
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