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Diseases & Conditions: Internet
Resources: Alternative Medicine
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National
Institutes of Health
PROCAIM [Patient-Reported Outcomes from Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine] is an
information system and data collection tool linking patients, providers, and researchers.
PROCAIM, developed by UCLA researchers under a grant from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine,
purpose is to study treatment utilization, the effectiveness of alternative medicine, and the interactions among stress
and coping, pain, and treatment outcomes. PROCAIM is currently recruiting patients with fibromyalgia, IBS,
interstitial cystitis, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, and other chronic and recurring conditions
to sign up and participate in a year-long Internet-based survey. In addition to the questionnaires, the site includes articles relevant to these conditions,
and links to other informational web sites.
- AIDS & HIV
- Arachnoiditis
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Asthma:
Buteyko's Cure: "Buteyko home page, created by
a number of enthusiasts who have all experienced the immediate and
dramatic beneficial effects of Buteyko's therapy for asthma."
- Bioterrorism (Biological Weapons: Small
Pox, Anthrax)
- Cancer
- Alternative
Therapies in Steve Dunn's CancerGuide
- American
Cancer Society
- The
Annie Appleseed Project: "acts to inform, educate, advocate
and raise awareness for cancer patients, family and friends interested
in, or using CAM"
- British Columbia Cancer
Agency
- A Cancer Patient's
Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Duke University
Medical Center and Cancer Center of Santa Barbara
- Complementary
and Alternative Medicine by Cancer Treatment Centers of
America, network of cancer treatment hospitals and community oncology
programs
- Choices
in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary
Approaches to Cancer, MIT Press, 1994: a must read for anyone considering
complementary & alternative therapies.
- Commonweal
Cancer Help Program a week-long retreat for people with cancer.
- Complementary
and Alternative Medicine: A Brief Synopsis for Patients
from OncoLink,
University of Pennsylvania.
- CureSearch,
National Childhood Cancer Foundation and the Children's Oncology Group,
Bethesda, Maryland: information on childhood cancer including treatment
options and treatment methods
- Cyberbotanica:
Plants and Cancer Treatments, maintained by Lucy A. Snyder
: "plants and chemotherapy (also still under construction), but
other chapters are in the works: plants used in bioremediation, fungi
which produce antibiotics, and genetically engineered fruits and vegetables".
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachussetts:
Zakim
Center for Integrated Therapies
- Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center New York,
New York
- National Cancer Institute, Cancer.gov
- National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine
- National Library of Medicine, Medlineplus: Cancer
Alternative Therapy
- Office of
Technology Assessment
- traditional chinese medicine
breastcancer.com: " Nearly one-third of women diagnosed
with breast cancer decide to enhance their conventional medical treatment
with some form of complementary care. This site explores an approach
based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), a holistic medical system
that can help you regain your natural healing ability"
- UPMC Cancer Centers Integrative
Medicine Program University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- The
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Complementary/Integrative
Medicine
Dementia, Memory & Alzheimer's Disease
Diabetes
Environmental Illness
- The Environmental Illness
Resource, wide range of chronic illnesses which are poorly
understood and for which there is currently very limited healthcare
available. We have chosen to group these conditions under the title
of 'Environmental Illnesses' and they include chronic fatigue syndrome
(CFS), fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), and allergies.
Detailed descriptions of all the illnesses we cover can be found in
the 'Illness Overviews' menu. research centers, diabtetes web resources,
and Natural Pharmacist Encyclopedia
Epilepsy
Headache
Hepatitis C
Insomnia
- Insomnia?
"variety of methods for getting you to sleep, including some
we're quite sure you've never seen before" by Mick Winter.
Menopause
Multiple Sclerosis
Pain
Sarcoidosis
Revision: July 2008.
For additions or comments please respond to "The Alternative
Medicine Homepage" ©1994-2008. Charles B. Wessel, M.L.S., cbw@pitt.edu
- Falk Library of the Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15261
Graphic Design : Paul Worona, M.L.I.S.
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