Number 83 Georgia Southern University Online Sources for Alternative Medicine Alternative medicine is becoming mainstream and is fast becoming front page items in magazines and newspapers.
Alternative medicine covers a broad range of healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies.
For many countries alternative medicine has been used traditionally and constitute the main source of everyday health care. The growth of alternative medicine in the United States has largely resulted from the efforts of consumers. Thus, funding for research on alternative medicine was mandated in 1992 by Congress. When tracking down reputable, peer- reviewed research, there are several bibliographic databases to begin with. With currently 350 medical journals indexed monthly from 1985 to date, AMED will be of interest to all researchers who need information about published journal articles in alternative, complementary or natural medicine.