General information on complementary therapies or to search for scientific articles
National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)
Detailed information on complementary therapies for people living with cancer.
http://www.cancer.gov/cam/
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Detailed information on complementary therapies.
http://nccam.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine’s PubMed
Search for scientific articles on complementary therapies.
http://www.pubmed.com
Natural Standard
Detailed information on complementary therapies.
http://www.naturalstandard.com/
Natural Medicines Comprehensive Medicine Database
Information on complementary therapies.
http://www.naturaldatabase.com
Safety information on complementary therapies
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Find information or file a report on false health product claims.
http://www.ftc.gov/curious
Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Fake Cancer Cures
Check for scam treatments.
http://www.fda.gov/
Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Medwatch
Find drug and medical product information or file a report on a drug or medical product safety concern.
http://www.fda.gov/medwatch
National Cancer Institute’s Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (OCCAM)
Detailed information on complementary therapies for people living with cancer.
http://www.cancer.gov/cam/
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Detailed information on complementary therapies.
http://nccam.nih.gov
National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements
Information and safety alerts on dietary supplements.
http://ods.od.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine’s PubMed
Search for scientific articles on complementary therapies.
http://www.pubmed.com
U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP)
Find out if a supplement has been USP verified for integrity, purity and safe manufacturing.
http://www.usp.org/USPVerified/dietarySupplements/
Check the licensing status of complementary therapy providers
National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM)
http://www.nccaom.org
Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards
http://www.fclb.org/
American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
http://www.naturopathic.org/
National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
http://www.ncbtmb.org/
American Massage Therapy Association
http://www.amtamassage.org
Clinical trials of complementary therapies
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
http://nccam.nih.gov/clinicaltrials
National Library of Medicine
http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/search/clinical_trials
Search for integrated health care organizations and centers
Dirline
http://dirline.nlm.nih.gov
Updated 01/27/11
