Healthy Santa Cruz County - alternative medicine

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Alternative Medicine
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help or further information about alternative medicine. Use this link to search the CID.
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Library Resources

• Find Books: Alternative Medicine
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about alternative medicine. Use this link to search the library catalog.
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Recommended Websites

• About Herbs, Botanicals & Other Products
  Find evidence-based information about specific herbs, botanicals, supplements and more. From Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center.
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• Acupuncture.com
  Information for advocates, students and practitioners about acupuncture plus a wide range of other topics related to Chinese health and medicine.
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• All About Breast Cancer
  Special features: Treatment decision tools; finding treatment centers/health professionals; cancer drug guide; alternative and complementary therapies; clinical trials update; reproducible fact sheets; suggested questions for patient's physician. From: American Cancer Society.
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• Alternative Medicine - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Research and clinical trials updates; interactive tutorial; statistics. From: NLM / NIH. See also: Complementary and Alternative Therapies - MedlinePlus.
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• Alternative Medicine Foundation
  Special features: HerbMed electronic herbal medicine database; in-depth Research Guides covering alternative modalities as well as specific health issues. From: Alternative Medicine Foundation.
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• Alternative Medicine Homepage
  Special features: Links to extensive online information; mailing groups and newsgroups; directories of practitioners/medical specialists; AIDS/HIV database; links to government resources and information. From: University of Pittsburgh - HSLS.
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• American Cancer Society
  This excellent website is up-to-date, comprehensive and easy to use. Special sections: "Managing Your Cancer Experience," "Support Programs & Services" and "Resources for Healthy Living." Individual sections for special user groups: patients, families, survivors, professionals or general information seekers; treatment decision tools; links to support groups; message boards. From: American Cancer Society.
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• American Heart Association
  Special features: "Heart & Stroke Encyclopedia"; diet and nutrition health tools; instructor information and downloadable training materials - CPR and ECC courses; "Heart Profilers," free, confidential, personalized treatment options reports; warning signs: heart attack and stroke; family health history tree; research updates; recipes; interactive quizzes; podcast link; Spanish available. From: American Heart Association.
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• Autism Spectrum Disorders: Alternative and Complementary Medicine Resource Guide
  Special features: Focus on treating autism spectrum disorders from an alternative and complementary medicine perspective; recommended organizations, books, journal articles and online resources. From: Alternative Medicine Foundation, Inc.
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• Botanical Medicine Information Resources
  Special Features: Hundreds of links to sites around the world offering information about herbs and herbal medicine, botanicals, naturopathic medicine and more. From: Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
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• Cancer - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Up-to-date news on trials, treatments and research; links to search further by specific topic; some available in Spanish as well as easy-to-read format. Online tutorials and health check tools are also available. See also from MedlinePlus: "Living with Cancer." From: NLM / NIH.
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• Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)
  Special features: Living with IBD - lifestyle suggestions; guides for children, teens, parents, and teachers; webcasts; news, advocacy, and research updates. From: Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America.
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• Dr. Weil: Your Trusted Health Advisor
  Straightforward tips and advice on achieving wellness through natural means Produced by Andrew Weil, MD, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, and one of the country's most widely known and respected alternative medicine gurus. Features Vitamin Advisor, Optimum Health planner, daily health e-newsletter, and more
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• Heart Diseases - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Multiple interactive tutorials; easy-to-read and Spanish available; extensive links to research and clinical trails updates. From: NLM / NIH.
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• National Cancer Institute
  Special features: Questions answered via toll-free number, e-mail or online chat; reproducible fact sheets; help finding clinical trials and physicians; monthly e-bulletin; Spanish available. From: NIH / National Cancer Institute.
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• National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
  Special features: A-Z Diseases and Conditions Index; health assessment tools; educatonal tutorials; e-mail updates; recipes for healthy eating; educational health promotions with video clips, handouts and more. From: NHLB / NIH.
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• Oncolink
  Special features: News / podcasts; patients' art and poetry; tip of the day; ask-the-cancer-expert service; available in Spanish. From: University of Pennsylvania.
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• PDRhealth.com
  This comprehensive but user-friendly site features information about: drugs /medications (including a drug interaction checker); clinical trials; diseases; health centers and alternative therapies. From the publisher of the "Physician's Desk Reference (PDR)."
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• Ulcerative Colitis - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Interactive tutorials and videos; Spanish and easy-to-read formats available; links to wide variety of related, relevant topics. From: NLM / NIH.
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Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.
• MEDLINE® PubMed
  PubMed is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine that includes citations and abstracts from MEDLINE, the world's largest database of clinical medical literature. The database indexes more than 4,800 biomedical journals published in the United States and 70 other countries. Citations date back to the 1950s. Some citations link out to relevant information outside of Medline, or to the full text of articles. Tutorials are available and highly recommended for inexperienced users.