Complementary Medicine

Medline Plus: Alternative Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alternativemedicine.html
Medline Plus, a publication of the National Library of Medicine, provides information on specific conditions, clinical trials, latest news and more about alternative medicine.

What is Complementary and Alternative Medicine?
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/whatiscam
Scroll through this fact sheet from the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine to find explanations of complementary and alternative medicine and definitions of key terms used in the field.

Treatments and Therapy
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/bytreatment.htm
This publication of the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine allows you to choose from an alphabetical list to find detailed information on a wide variety of alternative and complementary treatments and therapies.

Complementary and Alternative Therapies
http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/booths/altmed.html
Bandolier’s site provides evidence-based summaries of the effectiveness of treatments and therapies for specific conditions. Click on a topic to find a summary of the research studies, results and final comment on each therapy.

Alerts and Advisories
http://nccam.nih.gov/health/alerts/index.htm
This continually updated page from the National Institutes of Health lists health alerts and advisories about herbs, dietary supplements and other complementary therapies.


This website is intended to assist consumers in finding accurate and reliable health information online. It is not intended as a substitute for professional medical care or medical advice. To look for a physician or find health services, go to the Duke Raleigh Hospital website, or contact Duke Raleigh Hospital at (919) 954-3000.

last reviewed: May 30, 2008