Healthy Aging

Alternative Medicine and Therapies

Alternative health care isn’t quite so “alternative” these days. And it’s not about quack products. Your peers are taking advantage of many helpful, legitimate remedies and therapies that your grandparents never had heard of – and some they may have used! Below are some excellent resources for the world beyond conventional medicine.

HealthFinder
Official USDHSS section explaining and evaluating various alternative medicines and treatments. Links to a variety of health information web sources.

The Alternative Medicine HomePage
Altemative medicine. This annotated directory is for consumers, professionals, and students who would like to learn more about various forms of alternative health care. It links to sources of information on unconventional, unorthodox, unproven, or alternative, complementary, innovative, integrative therapies.

Web MD/Dean Ornish Program
Featured on Web MD, Ornish’s Lifestyle Program is the first to document proof that lifestyle changes can halt or even reverse heart disease.

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