Consumer Health: Alternative Medicine
Consumer Health resource guide for those affiliated with the University of Iowa and the general public
Alternative Medicine Websites
- CAM Citation IndexThe NCCAM Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Citation Index (CCI) consists of approximately 220,000 bibliographic citations dated from 1966 on. It is available as a subset on PubMed.
- ConsumerLab.com (subscription required for most reports)ConsumerLab.com is the leading provider of independent test results and information to help consumers and healthcare professionals evaluate health, wellness, and nutrition products.
Free Databases
- International Bibliographic Information on Dietary SupplementsThis database contains there are over 760,000 citations on the topic of dietary supplements from four major database sources: biomedical-related articles from MEDLINE, botanical and agricultural science from AGRICOLA, worldwide agricultural literature through AGRIS, and coverage of international applied life sciences literature from CAB Abstracts and CAB Global Health.
- Dietary Supplements List DatabaseThe Dietary Supplements Labels Database offers information about ingredients in more than two thousand selected brands of dietary supplements. It enables users to determine what ingredients are in specific brands and to compare ingredients