Back to the HART home page
Illnesses - try these sites if you know the name of your illness or condition.
Medicines - Links to sites that will tell you all about your prescribed medicines.
Family Health - sites for men, women, kids, teens and seniors.
Health News - What's the latest news in the health world?
Lifestyle - Links to help you live a better lifestyle including help for Diet, Exercise, Travel & Addictions.
Self Help - Informative links to first aid, safety, emergencies, first line advice and web searches.
Support Groups - links to many Australian and International medical support groups, services & products.


Online Health Encylopaedia

ABC Health Site
Australian National Broadcaster		 Alternative Therapies: This is a very worthwhile introduction to this complex area.
Vitamin & Mineral Fact Sheets
US Government Site		 Facts about Dietary Supplements: This high quality information is presented well, but only covers key supplements.
(Note: Many standard supplements will be listed in sites like HealthAnswers eg. Search for Zinc, Iron)
My.WebMD
US Commercial Site


 Drugs and Herbs: Type the name of the herb into the search engine. Where a herb has not been properly tested or approved, this is acknowledged.
Medline Plus
US Government Site
 Vitamins and Mineral Supplements: A range of useful material.
Medline Plus
US Government Site
 Herbal Medicine: Useful 'evidence based' information.
National Centre for Complimentary and Alternative Medicines
US Government Site

Click on Health Information - Health Information: Well researched information from a trustworthy source.
Try the Treatment Information:
By Treatment or Therapy or
By Disease or Condition: Look for your problem and then find recent research on alternative solutions. (Advanced)
Centre for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition
US Government Site
 Dietary Supplements: A good Question and Answer Site.
     

 

The following pages may contain links which would NOT be considered scientifically valid
iHerb Herb Library
Sponsored by iHerb
US Commercial Site
 The Natural Pharmacist - Consumer Edition: While this site is sponsored by a company selling herbs it has information which is at least referenced.
The Alternative Medicine Homepage
Pittsburgh University Library Portal
 Internet Resources: Alternative Medicine Resources: Managed by the Library at the University of Pittsburgh- Quite a good collection of links to better informed sites. Note the further you surf away from the main site, the less reliable the information becomes.
NOAH: New York Online Access to Health
US Health Portal
 Ask NOAH About: Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A vast array of links on a wide range of treatments.
Health Touch Alternative Medicines
US Commercial Site
 Enter the natural medicine name below: This entire site has a herbal bias. Provided this is realised the information is useful.
     
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