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A
Different Way to Heal
Brainwaves Lift the Blues
Expectation Pays
Snuffing the Sniffles
Healing Rituals
A
Different Way to Heal
Anne
Harrington's home page
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/faculty/
harrington/
Includes information about the courses she teaches as
a professor of the history of science and links to her
published work.
Charles
Rosenberg's home page
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept/faculty/
rosenberg/index.html
Includes information about the courses he teaches as
a professor of the history of science and links to his
published work.
History
of Science Department at Harvard University
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hsdept
/intro/about.html
Information about scholarship at this interdisciplinary
department.
National
Library of Medicine: History of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/hmd.html
Contains more than 10,000 important documents detailing
major medical research in the 20th Century. Includes
"Profiles in Science" of biomedical researchers such
as Linus Pauling and Barbara McClintock.
BBC's
History of Medicine
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/discovery/medicine/
This educational and entertaining site from the British
Broadcasting Corporation features articles on Victorian
medical breakthroughs and the small pox, as well as
an interactive timeline of medicine through time.
Brainwaves Lift the Blues
Andrew
Leuchter
http://www.mbcrc.med.ucla.edu/MemberBios/
MmbrLeuchter.htm
Leuchter's homepage at UCLA's Center for Integrative
Medicine. Includes biographical information, links to
relevant research and publication citations.
National
Institute of Mental Health - Depression
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm
A comprehensive resource containing the facts on depression;
who has it, what causes it, how to treat it.
Placebo,
Antidepressant May Lift Depression Via Common Mechanism
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/events/prplacebo.cfm
A report on an National Institute of Mental Health study
on depression and placebo. From May, 2002.
On
depression, placebo proves helpful
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/living/health/
3033640.htm
A Philadelphia Inquirer report on Duke University research.
April 10, 2002. By Marie McCullough.
Placebo
in Clinical Trials for Depression - Complexity and Necessity
http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v287n14/
ffull/jed20013.html
An editorial from the Journal of the American Medical
Association about the complexity of studying depression
and placebo. Published April 10, 2002. By David J. Kupfer,
MD; Ellen Frank, PhD
Expectation Pays
Jon
Stoessl
http://www.interchange.ubc.ca/neurosci/
stoessl.htm
Jon Stoessl's home page at the University of British
Columbia. Includes information about his research and
publications.
Parkinson's
Disease Foundation, Inc
http://www.pdf.org/AboutPD/
An overview of Parkinson's disease, with links to symptoms
and treatments. Includes links and on-line communities.
National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Parkinson's Disease Information Page
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/
disorders/parkinsons_disease.htm
Features news about future and on-going Parkinson's
research, information about charitable organizations
and references to publications.
The
placebo effect in Parkinson's disease
http://spring.parkinsons.org.uk/Articles/placebo.html
An article reviewing recent research on Parkinson's
and the placebo effect. Published June 9, 2001. By Maureen
McHugh.
Snuffing the Sniffles
Ronald
B. Turner
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/
people/dop/dopDetail.cfm?drid=968
Ronald Turner's home page at the University of Virginia
Health System
The
Common Cold- NIAID fact sheet
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/cold.htm
Get the facts about the common cold from the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Common
Cold
http://www.commoncold.org/
A comprehensive site featuring facts and new research
findings about the common cold. Edited by Jack M. Gwaltney,
MD and Frederick G. Hayden, MD
Soup
Is Good For What Ails You
http://content.health.msn.com/content/article/
1668.50997
A researcher determines how mom's chicken soup may really
help cure the common cold. February 19, 2001. By Peter
Jaret.
Echinacea
herb no cure for common cold
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20021216-041235-4719r
A report on recent research findings on the popular
herbal remedy. Published December 16, 2002.
Healing Rituals
Ancient
Healing
http://www.pbs.org/bodyandsoul/205/
kaptchuk.htm
PBS's Gail Harris interviews Ted Kaptchuk about the
art of healing throughout human history.
American
Academy of Medical Acupuncture
http://www.medicalacupuncture.org/
Contains general information and research on acupuncture,
as well as resources to find a practitioner and answer
frequently asked questions.
Science
has an explanation for placebos
http://stat-www.berkeley.edu/users/rice/Stat2/
Economist_com%20%20The%20placebo%20effect.htm
An article from The Economist about Fabrizio Benedetti's
research on placebo and pain at the University of Turin.
Published February 21, 2002.
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