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Alternative Medicine

Alternative Health Articles
click to go to Alt Health Watch databaseAlt HealthWatch™ focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It offers libraries full-text articles for more than 180 international, and often peer-reviewed journals reports, pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts.
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Related Programs
Library programs related to alternative medicine and wellness.

Websites
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the Centre identifies and evaluates unconventional care practices,supports and conducts research and research training on these practices and disseminates information. Their web site offers an overview of the six broad categories of alternative medicine: diet-nutrition-lifestyle changes, mind-body interventions, bioelectromagnetic applications, alternative systems of medical practice, manual healing, pharmacological and biological treatments, and herbal medicine. There is a FAQ which explains Complementary and Alternative Medicine and the involvement of the National Center with alternative therapy .

Mayo Clinic: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
From medical professionals at the Mayo Clinic, an overview of types of complementary and alternative medical treatments and a list of links to doctor's advice and research information about alternative treatments for specific diseases and conditions.