Alternative Medicine Research Guide

Alternative and Traditional Medicine Research Guide

Web Sites | Books | Magazines | Videos

Alternative and Traditional Medicine Web Sites

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Ask NOAH about - http://www.noah-health.org/english/alternative/alternative.html
New York Online Access to Health provides resources on alternative medicine and therapies. Topics includes homeopathy, macrobiotics, and massage.

Healthfinder - http://www.healthfinder.gov
Government site that includes information on hot topics, medical dictionaries, and online journals. This site also includes content in Spanish.

Intelihealth - http://www.intelihealth.com
Includes information on drugs, diseases and other medical conditions. This site includes a link to Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information.

PDR.net - http://www.pdr.net
The Physician's Desk Reference site contains up to date drug information. This site can also be used to check for drug interactions.

Alternative Medicine - http://www.pitt.edu/~cbw/altm.html
Annotated directory of sources for consumers. Topics include diseases, herbal medicines, and nutrition.

NCCAM Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Citation Index - http://www.nccam.nih.gov Searchable database of journal citations on complementary and alternative medicine.

WholeHealth MD - http://www.wholehealthmd.com
WholeHealthMD.com was founded to provide consumers with professional guidance on the many benefits of integrative medicine. Check out the Healing Center and Reference Library for specific ailments.

Click below for more web sites reviewed by the Librarian's Index to the Internet.

Selected Books from the C.O.D. Library

Traditional Medicine

Matthews, Joseph L. Beat the nursing home trap: a consumer's guide to assisted living and long-term care. Berkeley, CA: Nolo Press, 1999.
Colds, flu, and other common ailments sourcebook Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2001.
Consumer issues in health care sourcebook. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 1999.
Diabetes in the new millennium. Chichester, NY: Wiley, 2000.
Dr. Ian Smith's guide to medical websites New York: ATRandom.com, 2001.
Theodosakis, Jason, and David T. Feinberg. Don't let your HMO kill you: how to wake up your doctor, take control of your health and make managed care work for you. New York: Routledge, 2000.
Giuliucci, Mark. High blood pressure: what you need to know. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1999.
Clarke, Peter, and Susan H. Evans. Surviving modern medicine: how to get the best from doctors, family and friends. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers, 1998
St. Armand, R. Paul, and Claudia Craig Marek. What your doctor may not tell you about fibromyalgia: the revolutionary treatment that can reverse the disease. New York: Warner Books, 1999.

Alternative Medicine

Alternative medicine sourcebook. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 1999.
Kuhn, Merrily A. Complementary therapies for health care providers. Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
The doctors book of herbal home remedies : cure yourself with nature's most powerful healing agents : advice from 200 experts on more than 140 conditions. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 2000.
Weil, Andrew. Eight weeks to optimum health: a proven program for taking full advantage of your body's natural healing power. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1997.
Greenstone, Sandra, with Clinton L. Greenstone. Healing at home: a guide to using alternative remedies and conventional medicine that will change your approach to illness. Ann Arbor, MI: Healing at Home Resources, 1999.
Ditchek, Stuart. Healthy child, whole child : integrating the best of conventional and alternative medicine to keep your kids healthy. New York: Harper Resource, 2001.
The New York Times guide to alternative health : a consumer reference New York: Times Books, 2001.
Mindell, Earl, and Virginia Hopkins. Prescription alternatives: hundreds of safe, natural, prescription-free remedies to restore and maintain your health. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, CA: Keats Publishing, 1999.

Magazines and Journals available at the C.O.D. Library

Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
The New England Journal of Medicine
Prevention
The Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine
University of California, Berkeley, Wellness Letter

Videos

The Art of healing Ambrose Video, 1993.
Clinical evidence shows that patients benefit measurable when their psychological needs are attended to along with their purely physical needs. Looks at medical professionals who are employing a model of medical care based on the idea that emotional states play an important role in people's vulnerability to disease--and in their recovery.

Body, mind and soul: the mystery and the magic. PBS Video, 1995.
Part 1: Chopra addresses the issue of the definition of mind, body and soul ; Part 2: Chopra further explores the mechanics of perception, the seduction of the spirit and the keys to the active mastery of life.

Healing from within. Ambrose Video, 1993.
Examines two therapies that involve neither drugs nor surgery. One is a form of Buddhist meditation, the other, group psychotherapy. Both teach patients to use their minds to improve the healing capacities within their bodies

Healing ourselves. Films for the Humanities, 1996.
Explores alternatives to traditional medicine: fighting breast cancer by using diet and exercise to strengthen the immune system and changing attitudes towards life; using iridology instead of traditional therapy; and non-Western approaches to dealing with post-traumatic shock syndrome.

Bibliography prepared for the College of DuPage Wellness Fair, Feb. 20, 2002.

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