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Here are some of the more reliable websites on complementary medicine

http://dir.yahoo.com/Health/Alternative_Medicine $---$ The alternative health section of one of the web's most comprehensive andencyclopaedic search engines. It catalogues every imaginable therapy,sobeware.

http://nccam.nih.gov/ $---$ The National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine is dedicated to "exploring complementaryand alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science,training researchers, and disseminating authoritativeinformation."

www.healthy.net/clinic/therapy $---$ Provides in depth information about a range of therapies as well as discussion forums, conferencelistings, and other resources andpublications.

www.medical-acupuncture.co.uk $---$ Website of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS). It contains a wealth of general andresearchinformation.

http://herbmed.org $---$ An evidence based resource for herbal information, with hyperlinks to clinical and scientificpublications.

http://homeopathyhome.com $---$ Has current and comprehensive coverage of a wide range of resources, including a reference librarysection of full text articles. It has links to non-commercialsites andsocieties.

Footnotes

With thanks to Mary Gooch, British Library of Homeopathy (www.hom-inform.org)

Rhona MacDonald, BMJ.

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