The web site also contains links to information on support groups, live chat groups, and other internet resources on health. Visitors to the web site have a choice of having the information presented in either English or Spanish. The Office of Alternative Medicine is under the Office of the Associate Director of Disease Prevention at NIH and provides detailed information in such areas of interest as alternative systems of medical practice, the role of diet and good nutrition in medicine, life style changes as a key to good health, herbal medicine, and links to other health databases and information resources such as Medline. The web site also has an online newsletter that can be downloaded in full-text. It differs from the above search engines in that it can search the entire Internet for information, and is not limited to a particular database.
Visitors can either type the desired topic to be searched or can scan a list of topics.
Through Yahoo, visitors can also access Internet Relay Chat rooms to talk with others about health-related concerns. Chat times are posted and visitors may also form their own chat group at the Yahoo web site. Requires training in use of search engines.