databases and web sites

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Pamela Zilavy [yinyang]

 

 

outcomes research, clinical trial, or an " academically oriented " protocol

although I'm not certain I understand what

this r means by that. Qualitative?

 

Subscriber Pamela, By " academically oriented " I am merely referring to

research that does not necessarily provide evidence of the value of a

specific commercially available product, such as one particular herbal

formula or a proprietary processing method, etc.

 

Stephen

 

 

 

 

Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare

practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing

in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services,

including board approved online continuing education.

 

 

 

 

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There are different kinds of research, and a case can be made for TCM

research in any of the categories: outcomes research, clinical trial, or an

" academically oriented " protocol although I'm not certain I understand what

this r means by that. Qualitative?

 

>>>which seeks answers to more academically oriented questions that

incorporate an analysis of the value of TCM based differential diagnosis as

well as the outcome of consequent therapeutic choices. ....

 

I would recommend asking and seeking to answer just one question. The

Discussion section of a paper could hypothesize reasonable " next steps. "

>>>>Usually such a study would not necessarily answer all the questions

intended but would more than likely identify additional relevant issues and

new ways to assess them in a next study. If this were a collective effort

it would still require someone to lead and facilitate.

 

I would support an effort with my time.

>>> I would personally support someone in such an effort with some time

and a few dollars. But with enough people in the TCM community supporting

this effort, outside funding should be easier to secure. Stephen Morrissey

 

Here are some resources for looking at existing research:

1) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). Part

of NIH. Mission: research and resources. Database: CAM on PubMed. Go to

http://nccam.nih.gov/

 

2) There are 13 NCCAM Centers eg: The Center for Alternative Medicine

Evaluation and Research in Arthritis; Center for CAM Research in Agiing and

Women's Health; Center for Addiction and Alternative Medicine Research;

Pediatric Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine; CAM Research

Center for Cardiovascular Diseases; Oregon Center for Complementary and

Alternative Medicine in Neurological Disorders. for Details go to:

http://www.med.umich.edu/camrc/related resources nccam centers.html

 

3) The National Cancer Institute has an Office of Cancer Complementary and

Alternative Medicine (OCCAM). Go to http://www.cancer.gov/occam/

 

4) There's Bastyr's AIDS Research Center (BUARC) at:

http://www.bastyr.edu/research/buarc/

 

5) The NIH has an Office of Dietary Supplements. Their database is IBIDS.

Go to: http://ods.od.nih.gov/index.asp

 

6) There are bibliographic databases. For comprehensive coverage of primary

literature:

MEDLINE at http://www.ncbi.nlm/nih.gov/PubMed/

EMBASE at http://www.embase.com/about

BIOSIS at http://www.library.ucsf.edu/db/biosis.html

Current Contents at http://www.library.ucsf.edu/db/cc.html

Citation Index at http://www.library.ucsf.edu/db/wos/html

 

7) There are CAM databases: CAM on PubMed is at

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

Also: http://ods.od.nih.gov/databases/ibids.html or http://chid.nih.gov/

 

8) Produced by the British Library with a focus on European research is the

fee-based Allied and Complementary Medicine Database (AMED). Its at:

http://www.bl.uk/services/stb/amed.html

 

9) Complementary and Alternative Medicine Pain Database (CAMPAIN) is

produced by the University of Maryland's Complementary Medicine Program. Go

to: http://www.compmed.ummc.umaryland.edu/

 

10) For lots of links the these to these and most other CAM sites go to:

http://www.library.ucsf.edu/sc/altmed/l

 

Sorry for any repeats or typos.

 

-pz