• Alternative Medicine HomePage
  This excellent site, a model of clarity and organization, was created at Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh. It contains the following subsections: AIDS and HIV, databases, Internet resources, mailing lists and newsgroups, government resources, Pennsylvania resources, practitioners' dictionaries, and related resources.
• American Naturopathic Medical Association
  A nonprofit scientific educational organization dedicated to exploring new frontiers of mind, body, medicine and health. ANMA watches for and opposes legislation favoring special interest groups and prevents naturopaths from practicing, and holds an annual convention.
• Aromatherapy Internet Resources
• Ask Dr. Weil:
  Best selling author, medical Doctor, and proponent of alternativie medicine. "Doc Weil's Database" has home remedies for common ailments, "Referral" page puts you in touch with the alternative medicine practitioner appropriate for your condition, and "Recipe" page gives you a "recipe of the week"; a healthy recipe for good nutrition.
  
• Ask NOAH about: Alternative (Complementary) Medicine
  ASK NOAH, a project of New York Online Access to Health, is sponsored by major public libraries and major academic and medical institutions in New York City. Content was developed by qualified librarians and medical information specialists. Links to a good mix of sites on a range of alternative therapies, although some links contain minimal information. Available in English and Spanish.
• Health World Online: Alternative and Complementary Medicine Center
  This well-organized and information-packed website offers the following: a discussion of traditional medicine systems and individual therapies, book excerpts on utilizing complementary medicine, alternative approaches to specific health conditions, a professional referral list, discusssion forums, a resource center containing links to journals, books and professional associations, an events calendar and a list of speakers.
• HealthWWWeb: Choices for Health.com
  This extensive site includes: Health Information and Tools, Resource Guide, Links, News/Events, Professional Resources (an especially useful and comprehensive collection), access to the Integrative Medical Arts homepage, and information on IBIS software.
• Holistic Healing Web Page
  A large commercial site featuring some useful links: fulltext articles and documents on holistic healing and alternative medicine, extensive links to sites focused on various therapies, practitioner directories, conferences/retreats/trade shows, USENET groups index, internet mailing lists.
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides this large site which defines CAM and classifies alternative medicine practice. The site also includes a description of the Center's program areas, information on research grants, a citation index of over 180,000 citations from Medline (1963-98); News and Events, and What's New pages. A good place to learn the current position of this government agency vis a vis alternative medicine.
• Naturopathic Medicine Network
  Site defines this modality, links to yellow pages, chat room, roundtable, naturopathic pharmacy, online newsletter, links to naturopathic medical colleges, professional section (limited access).
• Qigong
  A metasite offering information and numerous links to meta-directories, national and international organizations, practitioner databases, smaller pages by individuals and organizations, education and training, publications.
• Yahoo! Alternative Medicine
  This familiar commercial web directory has a well-organized and eclectic alternative medicine section with about 40 searchable topics, and a list of intriguing links.

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