New Resource on Alternative and Complementary Medicine on the Internet.Are you interested in alternatives and complements to conventional medicine like herbs, homeopathy homeopathy (hōmēŏp`əthē), system of medicine whose fundamental principle is the law of similars—that like is cured by like. , and traditional oriental medicine Oriental medicine can mean any of:
? If so, you might check out the National Institute of Health's database of citations of articles from medical and scientific journals related to complementary and alternative medicine The term complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is an umbrella term for alternative medicine and complementary medicine. Alternative medicine describes practices used in place of conventional medical treatments. . Currently, there are over 220,000 citations in the database dating from 1966 to the present. The number of citations is expected to increase, as this is a fast-growing area of research. Consumers, health care providers, students, researchers, and practitioners of complementary and alternative medicine can use the database. There is no charge for using this service. It can be accessed at <www.nlm.nih.gov/nccam/camonpubmed.html>. A search for "vegetarian" turned up more than 400 citations while "vegan vegan /veg·an/ (ve´gan) (vej´an) a vegetarian whose diet excludes all food of animal origin. ve·gan n. " had close to 90 citations. |
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