Research

Searches & Databases

Medscape from WebMD

PubMed

BioMedSearch

netdoktor.de (Germany)

National Library for Health (UK)

National Institutes of Health

Centers for Disease Control

Medizin - Gesundheit (Germany)

The Merck Manual

Google Scholar

A List of CAM Research Databases ~ 40 (Great Resource!)

OMNI

 

Bridging Spirituality and Western Medicine/Science

The Dalai Lama at Stanford School of Medicine

Two worlds of Ritual are Joined in the Operating Room (NYT)

The Science and Medical Network

Does Prayer Help Others Heal? (WebMD)

The Alternative Fix (PBS)

Body and soul: When faith guides a doctor's vocation

 

Research tools

Top 20 Firefox Research Tools

 

Critics

A Call for Evidence for CAM

Caution over HIV "cure" Claim (BBC News)

Doctors Attack "Bogus" Therapies (BBC News)

The Seven Words You Shouldn’t Use in Medical News

Far Out, Man. But Is It Quantum Physics? (NYT)

A groundbreaking experiment ... or a sensationalized TV stunt?

 

Complementary & Alternative Medicine Research

A Guide to Peer Review

Distinguished Lectures in the Science of CAM

 

Reports

White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy

CAM & Cancer - 2005 EU Report (PDF)

 

Research Journals (Peer-Reviewed)

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

British Medical Journal (CAM)

BioMed Central - CAM

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine

 

Blogs

The Integrator

 

Evidence Based CAM Journals

Oxford: Evidence-based CAM

 

Research Organizations

The Research Council for Complementary Medicine (UK)

International Society for Complementary Medicine Research

Canadian Interdisciplinary Research Network for CAM

Holistic Health Research Foundation of Canada

 

Cancer

Integrative Therapies Program for Children with Cancer at Columbia University

CAM: Cancer (EU)

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

National Cancer Institute - CAM Information

 

Drug and Herb Databases

Herb Research Foundation (Free)

The Rote Liste (Germany - License Req.)

ePocrates Rx Online (USA - Drugs and Alt. Meds - fee)

FDA Medwatch - Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting (USA)

 

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updated 23 March 2010