Alternative Medicine
Understanding Alternative Medicine
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine: What is it? (Mayo Clinic)
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Patients (National Cancer Institute)
- Herbal Products and Supplements: What You Should Know (American Academy of Family Physicians)
- What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine? (National Institutes of Health)
- WholeHealthMD.com (Whole Health Networks)
Alternative Medicine News
- Natural HealthLine (Project Cure Foundation)
- Quackwatch (Stephen Barrett, M.D.)
Quackwatch is a nonprofit corporation that combats health-related frauds, myths, fads, fallacies and misconduct by Internet health sites.
Herbs & Supplements
- About Herbs, Botanicals and Other Products (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
- Dietary Supplements - A Consumer's Guide (National Consumers League)
- Dietary Supplements Labels Database (National Library of Medicine)
- Herbs and Supplements (MedlinePlus)
- Herbs at a Glance (National Institutes of Health)
- Natural Medicines of North Carolina (NC Consortium on Natural Medicines and Public Health)
Alternative Medicine Statistics
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine use Among Adults and Children: United States, 2007 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the U.S. (National Institutes of Health)
Resources compiled by Brandi Tuttle, Duke University Medical Center Library.