University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

Department of Internal Medicine

Section of Integrative Medicine (SIM)

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Resources

General

• White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy

Resources/Training

• Schools, Training and Licensure: Internet Resources: Alternative Medicine

For Patients

• Quackwatch: Watchdog for CAM therapies
• Alternative Medicine Magazine
• WebMD
• The Alternative Medicine Homepage
• Alternative Medicine Foundation
• Alternative Health News Online
• Alternative & Complementary Medicine Directory: Dr. Georgiou's Natural Medicine Newsletter
• FDA news
• Vitamins and Minerals, Free Radicals and Aging
• Healing the Healer: Developing Your Own Health Plan

For Clinicians

• Advising Patients Who Seek Alternative Medical Therapies
• Classification of Alternative Medicine Practices from NCCAM
• Medscape Women's Health eJournal
• AHRQ's Evidence-Based reviews of CAM

Courses Involving Complementary and Alternative Medicine at US Medical Schools

• UNC Integrative Medicine Website

CAM and Post-Graduate Medical training (Residency and Fellowship)

• Rosenthal Center Guide, Columbia University
• Program in Integrative Medicine (PIM), University of Arizona
• Integrative Medicine Fellowship, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY NY
• Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medicine, Harvard
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program at Stanford (CAMPS)
• University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine

CAM and CME

• UNM HSC Events
• NCCAM-Funded National Research Service Award (NRSA)

Academic Centers

• NCCAM: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Program in Integrative Medicine (PIM), University of Arizona
• The Continuum Center for Health and Healing, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY NY
• Integrative Medicine Fellowship, Beth Israel Medical Center, NY NY
• UTMB's Alternative Medicine Website
• M. D. Anderson Cancer Center’s Complementary/Integrative Medicine Education Resources (CIMER)
• The Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• Rosenthal Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine
• Georgetown University Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Independent Centers

• Commonweal: health and environmental research institute
• New England Women Center, Portland, ME

Databases

• Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
• Rosenthal Center - Directory of Databases
• CISCOM/Research Council for Complementary Medicine
• Bandolier Library
• Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Alternative/Complementary Medicine
• Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society (CFM)

For More Information on Integrative Medicine

• NCCAM: The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
• Program in Integrative Medicine (PIM), University of Arizona
• Questions about Alternative and Integrative Therapies: Andrew Weil MD
• American Holistic Medical Association -- Albuquerque NM
• American Board of Holistic Medicine
• Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among U.S. Adults, 2002

Integrative Medicine for Specific Problems

Arthritis

• SIM-Formation: Osteoarthritis
• SIM-Formation: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Cancer

• M. D. Anderson Cancer Center’s Complementary/Integrative Medicine Education Resources (CIMER)
• The Integrative Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
• National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)
• American Cancer Society inFormation on CAM therapies
   

Menopause

• Women's Health Initiative: Early Stopping of Estrogen plus Progestin Trial
   

Obesity

• National Weight Control Registry
• Review of popular Diets
• Nutrition facts for U.S. foods (including micronutrients, brand names, and fast foods)
  
  Note: SIM-FORMATION is summary information provided by the Section of Integrative Medicine.

 

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