(Our thanks to Steven Chong, Editor, Complementary Medicine Journal for his assistance)

Clinical trials and Research

• Whitman-Walker Clinic (US)

Nutrition and Dietary Supplements

• Herbal medicine reviews and links – Herbmed (US)

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

• Recalls and surveillance – Food Standards Australia NZ (Aust)

• Vitamins, herbs and supplements that do and do not work – Lipid Clinic (US)

Placebo effect

• Placebo definition – Skepdic (US)

What works better than placebo?

• Complementary therapies for depression – American Medical Association (US)

• Meditation – Research Council for Complementary Medicine (UK)

• Yoga – Yoga journal (US)

WHAT WORKS BETTER THAN PLACEBO?

Dietary Supplement Research

• St John’s Wart and depression – American Medical Association (US)

Exercise and Mind/Body Therapy Research

• Meditation – Research Council for Complementary Medicine (UK)

• Yoga – Yoga journal (US)

WHAT DOESN’T WORK BETTER THAN PLACEBO?

Acupuncture Research

• Acupuncture and AIDS – AIDS Research Alliance of America (US)

Homeopathy Research

• Homeopathy – ISBU (UK)

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

• Homeopathic remedy ineffective – BCC News (UK)

Iridology and Kinesiology Research

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

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

• Iridology for cancer and other diseases – PubMed Library (US)

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

Reflexology and Therapeutic Touch Research

• Reflexology – NCAHF (US)

• ’Therapeutic touch’ fails a rare scientific test – CSICOP (Us)

Other Research

• Magnetic therapy – Mad Scientist (US)

• Magnetic & chelation therapies – INHIS (US)