The Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Databases and Websites.
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electronic books for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (opens in new window). |
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MEDLINE - PubMed
Notes: MEDLINE is NLM's premier bibliographic database covering the fields of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and the preclinical sciences. Select Limits > Subsets > Complementary Medicine to limit results to journal articles covering complementary and alternative medicine. | |||||||||
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PIER: The Physicians' Information and Education Resource
Notes: Select Complementary/Alternative Medicine to view coverage on this topic. Disciplines and therapies on specific diseases are included. | |||||||||
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UpToDate
Notes: Enter search term CAM to view topics in UpToDate that include complementary and alternative medicine interventions. UpToDate includes many topic reviews that include alternative therapies. | |||||||||
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Cochrane Library
Notes: Many systematic reviews covering complementary and alternative medicine interventions are included in the Cochrane database. Search tip: conduct a MeSH search using the term Complementary Therapies; combine the results of this search with other terms using the "search history" feature. | |||||||||
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BMJ Clinical Evidence
Notes: BMJ Clinical Evidence presents evidence for many "alternative treatments" acrosss a variety of conditions. Search tip: combine your search terms with "alternative treatments" (include the quotes). | |||||||||
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Natural Standard
Notes: Natural Standard is an international research collaboration that aggregates and synthesizes data on complementary and alternative therapies. Using a comprehensive methodology and reproducible grading scales, information is created that is evidence-based, consensus-based, and peer-reviewed, tapping into the collective expertise of a multidisciplinary Editorial Board. | |||||||||
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AltHealthWatch
Notes: Alt HealthWatch focuses on the many perspectives of complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness. It contains more than 140 international, and often peer-reviewed journals, reports, proceedings and association and consumer newsletters. In addition, there are hundreds of pamphlets, booklets, special reports, original research and book excerpts. | |||||||||
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ConsumerLab.Com
Notes: ConsumerLab.Com is a provider of independent test results and information to help consumers and healthcare professionals evaluate health, wellness, and nutrition products. | |||||||||
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National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH
| Notes: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is dedicated to exploring complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science, training complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) researchers, and disseminating authoritative information to the public and professionals. The site contains statistics, consumer information, funding opportunities, links to research resources, training opportunities, and information on meetings, workshops and news.
U.S. Pharmacopeia Dietary Supplement Verification Program
| Notes: The USP "Dietary Supplement Verified" mark indicates that the product has passed stringent quality testing. The distinctive USP-Verified mark appears on several dietary supplements on store shelves. The mark is "independent, authoritative assurance of a supplement's integrity, potency, and purity." Contains a list of verified brands and products and stores where they are available.
Office of Dietary Supplements (NIH)
| Notes: Contains dietary supplement fact sheets as well as vitamin and mineral supplement fact sheets. The site also houses two freely searchable databases:
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition - Dietary Supplements
| Notes: Extensive information on how the FDA regulates dietary supplements which are under a different set of regulations than those covering "conventional" foods and drug products (prescription and Over-the-Counter). Warnings and safety information is also presented. Complementary Medicine and Evidenced-Based Medicine |
Can complementary medicine be evidence based? (Editorial from Student BMJ) | Evidence-Based Medicine And Traditional Chinese Medicine: Not Mutually Exclusive (from Medical Acupuncture A Journal For Physicians By Physicians) Notes: The two articles above discuss the application of EBM to Complementary and Alternative Medicine interventions. Journals from the Levy Library on Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
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