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Ask Dr. WeilOn his site, Natural Health's advice expert M.D. answers visitor's questions. Dr. Weil's answers have keyword links, making in-depth info just a click away.
Ayurveda: National Institute of Ayurvedic MedicineSimple and straightforward, this site makes Ayurveda east to understand-even for the beginner. You'll find the latest in research as well as a great introduction to the basics. 
Cancer GuideAdvice in layu terms for accessing and understanding medical research in libraries and online. Frank appraisal of "conventional, unconventional and alternative" treatments from cancer survivors. Links to a large number of cancer clinical trials and studies.
Center for Science in the Public Interest - Home PagePublishers of Nutrition Action Healthletter, which is one of the online features at this site. 
HealthfinderConsumer health and human services information web site from the government
Herb Research Foundation News & Views page features top stories about herbs in Journal of the American Medical Association and the New York Times and more.
Herbal Reference Library
Homeopathic Educational Services 
Homeopathy Home Page Discusses homeopathy's goal of "complete restoration of perfect health" plus its legal status, prescription process and relevant statistics.
Natural Health Registry Health food, herbs, vitamins, therapy , books, natural healing and more. The directory for a healthy lifestyle.
Qi - The Journal of Traditional Eastern Health & Fitness In addition to the wealth of information on Traditional Chinese Medicine, you'll find computer animations of skeletons performing T'ai Chi, and an interactive acupuncture model that tells you the names, locations, and purposes of different acupoints.
THRIVE This is great site to visit if you are not sure what you are looking for, but want to browse through some of the latest conventional and alternative health news and information. 
Tufts University Nutrition Navigator The fastest, most reliable way to find sound nutrition information on the Web. The Nutrition Navigator lists and rates more than 100 nutrition sites and divides them into subcategories such as "General Nutrition" and "Special Dietary Needs," so you can quickly find what you need. 
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Wellness Goods, Inc. The art of mind, body and spiritual wellness through awareness and meditation. Related products available in the marketplace.
YOGAAAHHH
Uses interactive graphics to illustrate 30 different Yoga poses...all well drawn and easy to imitate.  

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Medical Information
Onhealth.com
Welcome to OnHealth, your new partner for personal wellness for all aspects of your health &endash; from the daily effort to keep your life in balance, to those crucial times when you're making decisions about medical care for yourself and your family &endash; we hope you'll make this your first stop on the Web. If you have any questions or comments about the site, we'd love to hear from you. OnHealth is an independent service that provides valuable ideas and inspiration about wellness, health and medicine. Take a look around OnHealth and we think you'll see what's different. First, we're working for you. OnHealth Network Co. is a consumer health information company based in Seattle. We're not tied to a particular doctor or health system or insurance company. We're free to find you the best facts and advice, whatever their source. We have information from the publishers of the New England Journal of Medicine, from Cleveland Clinic, from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and from physicians who teach at Harvard, Columbia and Stanford. Yes, we're supported by advertising, but we want you to know that we keep the ads and the articles separate from each other &endash; both behind the scenes and on the pages you see. What we say about a topic isn't influenced by the advertisements displayed on that page.

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
This useful site belongs to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH is one of the world's foremost biomedical research centers and the Federal focal point for biomedical research in the U.S. (The NIH annual budget tops $15 billion.) This site holds links to many other medically helpful sites and includes job listings for those thinking of working for the NIH.
American Heart Association
Site of the American Heart Association, which presents a wide range of guidance about lowering your risk of heart disease and links to other sites with medical information.
American Osteopathic Association
Site of the American Osteopathic Association. Intended to promote better understanding of osteopaths, mainly primary care physicians who emphasize preventive medicine and receive extra training in the musculoskeletal system.
American Medical Association
Site of the American Medical Association, a highly influential, national group of MDs; here you can log on to the Journal of the American Medical Association and other peer-reviewed publications.
www.chiropractor.com
Home page linking to information about chiropractors. Chiropractors use the body's recuperative powers for healing primarily through spinal manipulation and nutrition.
Arthritis Foundation
Home to the Arthritis Foundation, which publicizes data on arthritis and advocates research into its treatment.

Educational Sites

Bastyr University
The site of Bastyr University, founded in 1978 to train naturopathic physicians with a scientific approach. Incorporates degree programs in nutrition, acupuncture and Oriental medicine, applied behavioral science and psychology.
Clayton College of Natural Health
Site of Clayton College of Natural Health, which offers distance learning in Natural Health and Naturopathy.
 

Aerobic Surfing

Runner Triathlete News
Runner Triathlete News, a publication focusing on runners, triathletes, and cyclists throughout the Southwest, with extensive race calendar and results plus articles on training and sports nutrition.

Links to Almost Everything

These sites link you to a vast collection of medical and health web-sites on a wide variety of topics:
www.healthfinder.org:
Set up by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Includes links to other government agencies, medical journals, health media online, specialized topics for teens, kids, adults, etc; also has links to Spanish language sites, food safety info and medical dictionaries.
www.healthweb.org:
Put together by the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), Greater Midwest Region of the National Network Libraries of Medicine, and the Gaiter Health Sciences Library, with links to many different noncommercial health sites.
www.nlm.nih.gov:
Affiliated with MEDLINE and the National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine, the world's largest collection of medical information. Contains more than 9 million references to medical journals. Includes links to information about HIV/AIDS, environmental health, and telemedicine video demos.
cancer.med.upenn.edu:
A multimedia oncology (cancer) site affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania; includes multimedia sources, information for people with cancer and their families (frequently asked questions) and educational material for health care workers. Also presents tips on cancer prevention with links to hospital web sites.
www.upm-c.edu:
Maintained by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center with information about stroke treatment and surgery.
www.vh.org:
A "virtual hospital" created by the University of Iowa College of Medicine to make detailed medical information available to web surfers; contains hundreds of books and brochures for health care providers and patients.
allergy.mcg.edu:
An information and news service for patients, parents of patients, purchasers of group health care programs and the news media; maintained by allergists, medical specialists who treat allergies and asthma and the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
www.hsph.harvard.edu
Site of the Harvard School of Public Health. Contains links to information about cancer prevention (and the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention) plus current health news, admissions forms, a selection of search engines and info on other health issues.
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/~martindale/Pharmacy.html
For web surfers with time to do some deep web diving and an interest in the ins and outs of health and medical research, this site has links to sites around the world, including The Anna/s of Saudi Medicine (written in English) and online journals from Asia and Africa. Plus, here you'll find connections to medical reference books, U.N. sites and more. Enough to keep you busy for a long time.
www.nnlm.nlm.nih.gov
Site of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, with information about medical libraries across the US.

Healthy Parts

www.holisticurology.com
Site of The Center for Holistic Urology at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, dedicated to the complementary treatment of urinary tract disorders including cancer, infections and other conditions.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/nhlbi.htm
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), a part of the Federal Government's National Institutes of Health; contains information, research and educational activities.
www.sph.uth.tmc.edu/utcam/
Home page of the University of Texas Center for Alternative Medicine Research (UT-CAM).
www.niaaa.nih.gov
Site of the National Institutes on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, with links to publications on alcoholism and its treatment.
www.ampainsoc.org/
Home page of the American Pain Society, with information on dealing with chronic pain.

Reading Times

www.ajcn.org
Home of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, which details studies on obesity, nutrition and disease, energy metabolism, and vitamins and minerals.
www.bmj.com
Site of the British Medical Journal, well-respected, peer reviewed journal of health-related research.
www.eatright.org/journal
Online version of the Journal of The American Dietetic Association, the official research publication of The American Dietetic Association; articles focus on nutrition.
www.nejm.org/content/index.asp
Home of the New England Journal of Medicine, a conservative publication put out by the Massachusetts Medical Society; often takes an antagonistic stand against complementary medicine.

Analyze This

http://global-fitness.com/
Want to analyze your meals for their nutritional content? This site allows you to easily break down your food by protein, carbs, fats and other nutrients to calculate its content.
www.nutrition.org
Site of the online version of the Journal of Nutrition, published by the American Society of Nutritional Sciences.

Botanicals and More

www.herbalgram.org/
Home page of the American Botanical Council (ABC), a nonprofit organization educating the public about beneficial herbs and plants and promoting the safe and effective use of medicinal plants.
www.ars-grin.gov/duke
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases, compiled mostly by Jim Duke and Stephen Beckstrom-Steinnberg, includes a link to the Tico Ethnobotanical Dictionary.
http://dietary-supplements. info.nih.gov
Site of the National Institutes of Health's Office of Dietary Supplements; with a link to the International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) database. Includes references to more than 250,000 articles from more than 3,000 journals, enough data to keep even the most obsessive health info maven busy for years.
http://navigator.tufts.edu/about.html
The Tufts University Nutrition Navigator, an online rating and review guide that offers its opinion on the reliability of internet health sites; can be used to search for various nutrition topics.

Going Somewhere?

www.cdc.gov/travel/
Run by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, this site offers health information about travel destinations all over the globe; recommends various vaccinations for travel to areas susceptible to specific tropical diseases.
www.veganoutreach.org/
Site of Vegan Outreach, an international organization dedicated to furthering vegetarian living and an improved environment.
www.refdesk.com/first.html
Newspapers: While this website includes journals outside the health domain, the news sites listed here offer much of the latest research news making headlines across the country.