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(Natural therapies – the science Greypath (Aust))

Adverse Reactions to Medicine (phone 1300 134 237 – Australia)

Adverse Medical Events (problems with all medications)

• Australianprescirber.com (Aust)

Cancer Treatments

• A Special Message to Cancer Patients seeking “Alternative” treatments – Quackwatch (US)

• Cancer –Vitamin C not effective – Quackwatch (US)

• Dr Holt –Report into radiowave treatment for Cancer – Aust Govt

• How Tomatoes Flunked the FDA’s Anticancer Test (US)

Clinical trials and Research

• Alternative Health – Choice.com.au (Aust)

• Australian Council Against Health Fraud (Aust)

• Healthwatch (UK)

• Public Issues – Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) research (US)

Complaints against Health Products

• Complaints List – Health Care Advertising - Therapeutic Goods Administration (Aust)

• Consumer Health Digest – National Council Against Health Fraud (US)

Diet Fraud

• Diet Scams and Fraud – DietFraud.com (US)

Herbal Research

• About Herbs, Botanicals and other products – Sloan-Kettering (US)

• Consumer Watchdog of the Herbal Industry – HerbalWatch.com (US)

• Herbs at a Glance – NCCAM (US)

History of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

• Dictionary – Skeptic (US)

Nutrition and Diet

• Building a Healthy, Active Australia (Aust Govt)

• CSIRO – Diet and Nutrition (Aust)

• Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets – NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (US)

• Food Irradiation –Idoho State University (US)

• Food Standards Australia

• Harvard School of Public Health – The nutrition source – Knowledge for healthy eating (US)

• Links to many nutrition and food related sites – Nutrition Arbor (US)

• Nutrition Impact – 5 Incredibly Sensible Steps to Less Body Fat – Glenn Cardwell (Aus)

• The Truth about Vitamins –ABC Catalyst (Aust)

Placebo effect

• All Placebos not created alike – Harvard Medical School(US)

• Placebo definition – Skepdic (US)

• New Science Breaking News –Placebos trigger an opioid hit in the brain – Newscience.com (UK)

WHAT WORKS BETTER THAN PLACEBO?

Exercise and Mind/Body Therapy Research

• Yoga – Yoga journal (US)

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (Using Large Pulsing Magnets)

• Analgesic effects of treatments for non-specific low back pain: a meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomized trials. – PUBMED (US)

WHAT DOESN’T WORK BETTER THAN PLACEBO?

Acupuncture Research

• Acupuncture and cessation of smoking – Cochrane Library (UK)

• Acupuncture and rheumatoid arthritis – Cochrane Library (UK)

Aromatherapy

• A randomised trial of aromatherapy to reduce anxiety – American College of Physicians (US)

• Lavender & Tea Tree Oils may cause breast growth in boys – NIH (US)

Dietary Supplement Research

• Gingko Biloba? Forget about it. – SLATE (US)

• Glucosamine/Chondroitin Study – NCCAM (US)

• Vitamins and supplements – American Heart Association (US)

• Vitamin C and colds – PubMed Library (US)

Homeopathy Research

• Homeopathy – ISBU (UK)

• Homeopathy – National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (US)

• Homeopathic remedy ineffective – BCC News (UK)

• Homeopathy no better than placebo – News in Science (Aust)

Iridology and Kinesiology Research

• Applied kinesiology unreliable for assessing nutrient status – PubMed Library (US)

• Iridology – not useful and potentially harmful – PubMed Library (US)

• Analysis of iris: history and future – PubMed Library (US)

• Kinesiology and iridology for allergic diseases – PubMed Library (US)

Other Research

• Assessment: efficacy of transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation in the treatment of pain in neurologic disorders (an evidence-based review): – PUBMED (US)

• Asthma – the pros and cons of complementary treatments – NetDoctor (UK)

• Magnetic therapy – Small static magnets – Mad Scientist (US)

• Meditation therapy for anxiety disorders – Cochrane (UK)

• Pulsed electromagnetic Therapy – knee osteoarthritis - BMC (US)

Reflexology and ‘Therapeutic Touch’ Research

• Reflexology – NCAHF (US)

Reiki

• Effect of Reiki in post stroke rehabilitation – PubMed Library (US)

Dietary Supplement Research

• Glucosamine therapy for treating osteoarthritis – Cochrane (UK)

• Multivitamin use and breast cancer incidence in a prospective cohort of Swedish women – PUBMED (US)

• St John’s Wort for Major Depression – Cochrane (UK)