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Complementary MedicineLast update: 28 September 2009, I've divided this page into two sections. The first provides you with some tips on searching for material on Medline, and the second provides links to other web resources. Searching MedlineRemember that Medline has a Thesaurus of terms - MeSH (Medical Subject Headings), a controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles in Medline. MeSH terminology provides a consistent way to retrieve information where authors may use different terminology for the same concepts. You will find material on this subject in Medline, but you will need to be aware of the thesaurus (MeSH) terms used to search for the various topics. The term complementary therapies has an extensive number of more specific terms associated with it, and you can see these listed in the MeSH database.MeSH - Complementary Therapies Many topics in MeSH have hierarchies of more specific subcategories or related terms. The indentations in the lists reflect the structure of the hierarchy, and the + signs at the end of terms indicate that there is a further hierarchy of terms not displayed here. Any of these terms can be searched individually, or you can "explode" terms to search sections of the list. Try using the search structure below for finding articles on acupuncture therapy and headache. COMBINE Acupuncture Therapy (MeSH Term) AND Headache (MeSH Term) PubMed Search Formulationacupuncture therapy[majr] AND headache[majr] AND english[lang]This search strategy uses the headings acupuncture therapy and headache. The section in the square brackets includes majr - which focuses the search on articles where the subject is a major issue in the article. The search is then limited to articles which are in English. PubMed's default setting is to "explode" all terms, and so this search will include all the subcategories of acupuncture therapy listed below. Acupressure Click here to see how it works. PubMed Search. PubMed also has a number of subsets which allow searches to be limited by subject. The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and The National Library of Medicine (NLM) have partnered to create CAM on PubMed, a special subset of the NLM's PubMed You simply create your search strategy, and add the subset at the end. For example osteoarthritis AND cam [sb] Other SourcesAlternative
Medicine Foundation
- Information Resource Guides The Alternative
Medicine
Homepage Australian Traditional-Medicine Society CAM
on PubMed ( Complementary Medicine Subset Strategy) Complementary and
Alternative Medicine in the United States eBMJ
-- Collected Resources: Complementary Medicine eCMAJ -- Collected Resources : Other Complementary Medicine & Alternative Therapies eMJA:
Articles on Complementary Medicine Enhancing the
Accountability
of Alternative Medicine Health Report - Alternative Medicine MEDLINEplus:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine NOAH:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine National Center for
Complementary and
Alternative Medicine - NCCAM - National Institutes of Health - NIH University
of Washington Medicinal Herb Garden WholeHealthMD the
source for
Alternative medicine, Complementary medicine, Integrative medicine Yuthog Foundation for Tibetan
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