Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News Tag: alternative medicine
Natural Medicines: Complementary & Alternative Therapies
Posted On: Friday, October 29, 2021 - 16:49 by Brandi Tuttle
The Natural Medicines database offers information to help you make evidence-based decisions regarding alternative therapies including:
- 1400+ monographs with safety, effectiveness, adverse effects, and patient education handouts
- 170,000+ commercial products including their ingredients, effectiveness, safety, etc
- Natural Medicines Brand Evidence-based Rating (NMBER) based on safety and efficacy, with a 1-10 overall rating for products, helping you determine "Is it safe?" and "Does it work?"
- Interaction checker to avoid drug/supplement interactions
- Pregnancy & Lactation Checker plus links to patient education handouts
- Nutrient Depletion…
Categories: Databases
Tags: alternative medicine, complementary therapy, supplements
Finding the Evidence on Alternative Medicine
Posted On: Friday, June 12, 2015 - 11:15 by Brandi Tuttle
Natural Standard and Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database are now collectively known as Natural Medicines. The Library subscribes to this database to give Duke affiliated healthcare providers an authoritative resource on dietary supplements, natural medicines, and complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies.
Natural Medicines provides a wealth of information including:
- Clinically relevant, bottom-line-focused information and ratings via evidence-based natural ingredient monographs
- Over 90,000+ new commercial products, including product data and an evidence-…
Categories: Databases, Resource Updates
Tags: alternative medicine