Consumer Health Information

Alternative Medicine

These web sites provide information and links to information on heart disease, hypertension and stroke, as well as other cardiovascular diseases:

Alternative Medicine Foundation

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Office of Dietary Supplements

The library also holds the following titles that provide information for patients and consumers:

American Cancer Society.  American Cancer Society's guide to complementary and alternative cancer methods.  Atlanta, GA : American Cancer Society, 2000
QZ 266 A5138 2000

Cook, Allan R.  Alternative medicine sourcebook: basic consumer information about alternatives to conventional medicine.  Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, 1999.
WB 890 A465C 1999

Guide to popular natural products.  St. Louis, MO : Facts and Comparisons, 1999
WB 925 G894F 1999

Pelletier, Kenneth R.  The best alternative medicine: what works, what does not work.  New York : Simon and Schuster, 2000.
WB 890 P432B 2000

Rotblatt, Michael.  Evidence-based herbal medicine.  Philadelphia, PA : Hanley and Belfus, 2001.
WB 925 E95R 2001