META SITES
- 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
- Public Health Agency of Canada
A web site that is designed to be a trusted source of information on the Internet. The main thrust is health promotion and disease prevention.
- 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.
- 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.
- Health
NaturalHealthWeb.com is one of the most complete guides to information about Natural Health and Alternative Medicine on the Internet. It is designed to be an organized directory, with articles, free Newsletters and descriptions of many of the most important Natural Health and Alternative Medicine Web Sites on the World Wide Web.
- 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.
- VCU Libraries- Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Offers a list of Search Engines & Directories; Resources, Websites & Databases
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REFERENCES
- Health & Medical Sciences Resources This is the Internet Public Library site. Dealing with the condition of an organism - disease or diagnosing and treating of disease or other damage to body and mind. Links to other health and Medical resources with subcategories.
- Hardin MD This high quality site lists a "directory of directories" for health and medicine. The site is maintained by Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa
- Merck Manual
Lauded for its breadth of online health and medical resources.
- MedExplorer
The health/medical Internet search engine.
- PubMed a free resource which offers access to over 9 million citations and abstracts, as well as links to participating online journals.
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ALTERNATIVE - COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES
- Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute
- Acupuncture Research
Links to a number of sites for acupuncture research and techniques for the following: Aids, Cardiovascular, Gastrointestinal, Musculosketal, Psychotherapy and much more.
- Alternative Medicine Centre
A comprehensive and authoritative site dealing with the great systems of traditional healthcare from around the world.
- 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.
- Directory of Therapies
Acupressure; Accupunture; Alexander Technique; Applied Kinesiology; Aromatherapy; BodyWork; Chinese Medicine; Homeopathy; Reflexology; Shiatsu; Therapeutic touch et.al.
A valuable site for everyone interested in the Health Promotion in Canada. You will find links to: Adult Health, Aging and Seniors, Health Care, Nutrition,and much more.
- Prolotherapy
Site on Prolotherapy. Includes on-line articles; books and videos orders; and other hot links.
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HUMAN ANATOMY
- Hosford Muscle Tables
This site is an index containing detailed information about the skeletal muscles of the human body. Muscles are arranged in alphabetical order.
- Human Anatomy Online
Human Anatomy online, the place for fun, interactive and educational views of the human body. This program contains over one hundred illustrations of the human body with animations and thousands of descriptive links.
- Visual Human Project
This site creates a complete, anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of the male and female human body.
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HEALTH/WELLNESS
- Public Health Agency of Canada
A web site that is designed to be a trusted source of information on the Internet. The main thrust is health promotion and disease prevention.
- Food Guide
Canada's Food Guide
- Health Canada (Online)
The Canadian online health and wellness resource. You have access to Health Links, with 8,511 reviewed sites and resources on the internet.
- Health Promotion (Canadian)
A valuable site for everyone interested in the Health Promotion in Canada. You will find links to: Adult Health, Aging and Seniors, Health Care, Nutrition,and much more.
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MASSAGE THERAPY
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OTHER USEFUL SITES
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PERIODICALS/NEWSPAPERS/INDEXES
Some databases of interest are:
- Canadian MAS Elite and CBCA some full text
- Canadian Newsstand- newspapers full text
- EBSCO HOST databases which include: CINAHL; Alt-HealthWatch ;Health Source Plus
- Proquest Nursing and Proquest Career and Technical Education
PERIODICALS FULL TEXT LISTING
Periodicals of interest in the Alt Health Watch database which contain full text are:
- Acupuncture & Electro-Therapeutics
- Alive : Canadian Journal of Health & Nutrition
- All About Healing
- American Acupuncturist
- American Chiropractor
- American Homeopath
- Aromatic News California
- Journal of Oriental Medicine (CJOM)
- Chiropractic Journal
- Guidepoints: Acupuncture in Recovery
- Harvard Women's Health Watch
- Homeopathy: The Journal of the British Homeopathic Association
- Hypnotherapy in Review
- JMPT: Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics
- Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine
- Journal of Chiropractic Technique
- Journal of Naturopathic Medicine
- Journal of the American Institute of Homeopathy
- California Journal of Oriental Medicine (CJOM)
- Proceedings of the World of Aromatherapy
- Prover: The Journal of the Chiropractic Academy of Homeopathy
- Quarterly Review of Natural Medicine
- Reflexions: The Journal of Reflexology Research
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Reiki News
- Scentsitivity: Journal of the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy
- Today's Chiropractic
- Total Health
- Wellness Newsletter
- Yoga Journal
- Yoga World: International Newsletter for Yoga Teachers & Students
Periodicals of interest available at Algonquin :
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AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Some titles of interest are:
- Deep Tissue Massage
- Get Well Oiled - Aromatherapy
- Bill Moyers Healing and the Mind: (Methods studied include Acupuncture, Massage and Herbal Techniques.)
- Massage: The Healing Touch
- Reflexology: Gateway to the Body
- Reflexology: The Timeless Art of Self Healing
- Relaxation Through Massage: Bonding with Touch :Gives instruction on infant and child massage
- Relaxation Through Massage: The Gift of Touch: Shows soothing techniques to give a relaxing full body swedish massage.
- Therapeutic Touch: Healing Through Energy: Go on tour to see therapeutic touch being used in clinics, private practice and hospitals.
- Video Atlas of Human Body: Lower Extremity ; Musculoskeletal System of the Trunk ; The Upper Extremity
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