Useful Web Links related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine Websites

Dietary Supplements

American Herbal Products Association
http://www.ahpa.org/

American Neutraceutical Association (supplements)
http://www.ana-jana.org/

PDR for Herbal Medicines
http://physician.pdr.net/

Herb/Drug Interactions Information
http://www.aafp.org/afp/990301ap/1239.html (American Academy of Family Physicians)
http://www.onemedicine.com/alert

Education/CME

Mind Body Medical Institute (Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Centers)
http://www.mbmi.org

Stanford University School of Medicine CAM Program
http://camps.stanford.edu/

Governmental Organizations and Regulation

Consumer Lab (independent test results and information on nutrition products)
http://www.consumerlab.com/

FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (information about supplements)
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/

NCCAM (NIH-National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)
http://nccam.nih.gov

NCCAM Homeopathy Q & A
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/homeopathy/index.htm

US Pharmacopeia
www.usp.org

White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine
http://www.whccamp.hhs.gov/

Information Searches

Cochrane Collaboration and Library(Systematic reviews of the effects of health care)
http://www.cochrane.org

NIH Office of Dietary Supplements IBIDS Database
http://ods.od.nih.gov/databases/ibids.html

CAM on PubMed (National Library of Medicine and NCCAM citations of journal articles related to CAM
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nccam/camonpubmed.html

Professional Medical Organizations

American Medical Association's Council on Scientific Affairs Report on Alternative Medicine
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/article/2036-2523.html

American Society of Anesthesiologists (Possible side effects and drug interactions)
http://www.asahq.org/ProfInfo/herb/list.html

CAM Commentary

Quackwatch (Dr. Stephen Barrett, M.D.)
http://www.quackwatch.com/


Last modified 04/September/2003 by IS