CAM Journals
CAM Websites
Medline Plus: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
A broad coverage of topics related to complementary, integrative, or alternative medicine.
Medline Plus: Herbs and Supplements
Browse dietary supplements and herbal remedies to learn about their effectiveness, usual dosage, and drug interactions.
Monthly journal about evidence-based health care produced by scientists at Oxford University. Provides a subset of analyses, commentaries, and meta-analyses of complementary therapies found in Cochrane or PubMed searches.
UBC Alternative & Integrative Medical Society
The website provides quality resources in the field of integrative medicine to students, professionals and members of the community.
Chiropractic Websites: Patient Resources
American Chiropractic Association: Patient Resources
ACA provides valuable and time-saving resources on health and wellness for patients, including back pain fact and prevention, headaches, posture, neck pain and more.
British Chiropractic Association: Patient Resources
Information on the BCA’s Straighten Up UK program and an expert advice on different aspects of everyday life, such as lifting and carrying, sitting at computer, driving, gardening and more.
Canadian Chiropractic Guideline Initiatives provides patient resources on various topics such as shoulder pain, lumbar spine stenosis, osteoarthritis, concussion, headaches, neck pain, back pain, low back pain, and knee impairment.
Canadian Chiropractic Association: Patient Resources
The CCA website provides information on Straighten Up Canada posture program, tips on back care and falls prevention and the access to Find a Chiro search engine tool.
European Chiropractors’ Union: Public Health
This web page contains information about the ECU’s public health initiatives, including the Straighten Up public health campaign and GLA:D® Back program.
Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Board: Consumer Information
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The FCLB is the premier international resource for information and consolidated services for ensuring the safe, ethical practice of chiropractic. The website provides Questions and Answers about Professional Regulation and the Chiropractic Profession. |
New Zealand Chiropractors’ Association: Straighten Up
Information on the Straighten Up New Zealand and Just Start Walking programs created by the NZCA.
Orthogate is dedicated to providing ways to improve access to the information needed to make informed decisions about healthcare in orthopaedics and sports medicine.
World Spine Care: Yoga Project
The project is focused on building community capacity for low mobility populations by sharing the practices of Yoga as tools for management and prevention of musculoskeletal pain.
World Spine Care: Straighten Up
“Straighten Up” is a 3 minute, easy to perform spinal health program designed to help adults and children prevent and manage spinal pain. It is a worldwide health initiative geared to improve posture, structural development and self-esteem.
Our BackCare Awareness Programme aims to share valuable information on looking after your spine. Our materials are available to share with friends, family and colleagues.
CAM Websites
Canadian Cancer Society: Complementary Therapies
Complementary therapies to help improve overall health and well-being of cancer patients.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: About Herbs Database
Led by an oncology-trained pharmacist and a botanical expert.
National Cancer Institute (NCI): Complementary and Alternative Medicine
NCI provides evidence-based Physician Data Query (PDQ) information for many CAM therapies in versions for both the patient and health professional.
High quality, evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies.
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Information on complementary, alternative, or integrative health practices and natural products. Includes review of scientific evidence for usefulness, toxicities and precautions.
National Institutes of Health (NIH): Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets
This collection of fact sheets and other resources presents information about dietary supplements and their ingredients including vitamins, minerals, herbs and botanicals, probiotics, and more.
Selected CAM Books
ABC of Complementary Medicine by Call Number: WB 890 Z86a 2008ISBN: 9781405136570
Book of Alternative Medicine by Call Number: WB 890 M473 2007ISBN: 9781933405926
Botanical Medicine for Women's Health by Call Number: WP 140 R766b 2010ISBN: 9780443072772
Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Call Number: WB 890 C728 2009ISBN: 9780853697633
Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Health Professionals by Call Number: WB 890 S993c 2012ISBN: 9781449652982
Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Pain Management by Call Number: WL 704 C7367 2008ISBN: 9780826128744
Fundamentals of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Call Number: WB 890 F981 2015ISBN: 9781455774074
Researching Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Call Number: WB 890 R432 2007ISBN: 9780415367745
Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Call Number: WB 890 T763 2007ISBN: 9781860946165
Patient Education and Wellness by Call Number: WB 905.72 J32p 2010ISBN: 9780702040412
