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Complementary/Alternative Medicine (CAM) & Complementary/Integrative Medicine (CIM)

• General Information
• Institutions offering information and services
• Complementary/Alternative/Integrative Fields of Healing
• Related Issues

General Information:

• NCCAM – National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine conducts and supports research, trains CAM researchers, and provides information about CAM. 
  
  
• MedlinePlus – National Library of Medicine Consumer Health, Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  MedlinePlus directs you to information to help answer health questions and brings together authoritative information from NLM, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations.  
  
  
• Alternative Medicine Foundation
  Provides consumers and professionals with responsible information on the integration of alternative and conventional medicine.  Click on Information or Resource Guides.

Institutions offering information and services:

• Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine
  (Massachusetts General Hospital)
  A world leader in the study, advancement, and clinical practice of mind/body medicine.
  
  
• Duke University Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health
  This Center is based in the Center for Aging at Duke and provides opportunities for scholarly trans-disciplinary conversation and the development of collaborative research initiatives.
  
  
• University of Pittsburgh, Alternative Medicine HomePage
  A starting point for sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, and integrative therapies.
  
  
• University of Texas, Galveston, Integrative Healthcare Resources Describes an evolving method of practice rather than a separate field in healthcare with principles essential to a complete understanding of the topic
  
  
• University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Integrative Medicine Program.
  The Integrative Medicine Program provides structure and direction for research, education and patient care efforts and resources in complementary and integrative medicine.

Complementary/Alternative/Integrative Fields of Healing:

• Acupuncture
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
• Aromatherapy
• National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy 
  
  
• Auyrveda
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
• Biofeedback
  • Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback  
  • Mayo Clinic   
• Chiropractic
  • American Chiropractic Association   
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
• Herbalism
  • American Herbal Products  
  • American Herbalists Guild    
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
• Homeopathy
  • American Association of Homeopathic Pharmacists (AAHP)  
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
  • National Center for Homeopathy   
  • North American Society of Homeopaths (NASH)   
• Massage Therapy
  • American Massage Therapy Association  
  • American Holistic Nurses Association  
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
• Meditation
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
• Mind-Body Medicine
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
• Naturopathy
  • Achieve Health Center, Irvine, CA
  • American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP)      /
  • American Naturopathic Medical Association (ANMA) 
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) 
• Reiki
• International Association of Reiki Professionals 
• International Center for Reiki Training   
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
• Traditional Chinese Medicine
  • American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (AAAOM)
  • American Chinese Medicine Association (ACMA) 
  • American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine 
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
• Yoga
  • American Yoga Association   
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  

Related Issues:

• Alternative Medicine:  Evaluate Claims of Treatment Success
  • Mayo Clinic
• Selecting a CAM Practitioner
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  
• Tell your doctor about your use of CAM
  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)  

   

This collection is maintained by Kathryn Willis and was last updated on February 26, 2010.