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Manuals, dictionaries and resources
On-line glossary and on-line therapeutic botanical database from Florapathics Aromapedia reintroduced and available for free download. A database of over 130 essential oils British Sign Language finger spelling - free download for the alphabet Qi Journal's Interactive Acupuncture Chart useful for massage using acupressure sites The Merck Manual Home Edition a massive on-line health manual, both an interactive and a text version - free. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy the professional version of the home edition. Alternative Health Dictionary from Jack Raso Point Finder On-line acupressure with symptom to site/site to symptom guide - see also Palm section below Reynolds Office of Health and Nutrition a commercial site but has an extensive symptom database listing all possible complementary remedies with advice on their use. Electronic Medicines Compendium provides free access to up-to-date, comprehensive and reliable information about prescription and over-the-counter medicines available in the UK. Medicine Chest a directory of medicines and food supplements that are available 'over the counter' (OTC) from a pharmacist. Free emergency medical identification card to print out and keep in your wallet from MedIds.com Osteoporosis: are you
at risk? Free wallpapers from Fragrant Earth Free monographs from RXinsider.com on common medical conditions **NEW** Essential Oils in Aromatherapy from Martin Watt's Aromamedical website
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Courses and tutorials
Newest courses listed immediately below
Health a 12 part on-line reading programme from the Discovery Health Centre Mini Tutorials on many health topics including osteoporosis, obesity, and IBS Online Management courses for Health Professionals from Nehoc Communications group Back safety course from OSHA includes a test certificate CPR - cardiopulmonary resuscitation - from the University of Washington School of Medicine Presentation skills for Therapists from the College of Integrated Therapies What is Asperger Syndrome? - free on-line tutorial from Aromacaring Medical Botany a free course by James Duke Olfaction A tutorial on the sense of smell by Tim Jacob plus access to some real research on the effects of essential oils on brainwave patterns. Free online courses from Universal Class includes Aromatherapy, Anatomy and a few other health-related subjects. Some require a donation. Exploring herbal medicine a free 16 hour on-line course from Barnes and Noble Health, anatomy and medicine courses from Free-Ed.net (if you can put up with the pop-ups). Infection prevention free course from EngenderHealth The Bodyworker.com massage tutorials Power-Pak.C.E CPD courses primarily for nurses but some topics are relevant to the complementary therapist: on cancer pain, arthritis, dementia, pain management, constipation, and loads more - free to do and worth 1 hour CPD. Human anatomy on-line good for revision (and homework) Natural Health School An Online Course in Herbalism, Nutrition & Natural Health - the course is free but you need to offer a contribution if you want a certificate. Alternative Health for Beginners a two-and-a-half-week course - registration is free. Oralin 33 free on-line courses - spiritual, energies, meditation, visualisation. Interesting if you like that sort of thing. SMeLLeNNiuM free on-line course plus the first edition of the magazine (subsequent editions require payment). Interactive health tutorials from Medline - over 50 interactive tutorials from acne to warts! Free training from The College of Integrated Therapies. 3 courses at the moment - Presentation skills for therapists, Stress management, and Critical incident debriefing. |
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Free Journals AMEDEO Free Medical Journals including an email Journal alert service for new publications available on-line. Free medical journals Free on-line full text articles form a growing resource - includes complementary medicine journals. Customised @lerts at the BMJ website a free email service where you select from a very comprehensive list of options to be emailed when an article on your selected topic occurs - includes a selection for complementary therapies. AFS Aromatherapy for the SmeLLeNNium Aromatherapy magazine issue 1 volume 1. The AFS is an online based Aromatherapy Magazine. It's purpose to present serious issues within the Aromatherapy community as well educational articles. freebooks4doctors.com just as it says but with some interest for clinical practitioners Free full text journal articles Alternative Medicine Review Free online Journal BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine free access to articles on-line
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Free Newsletters Some of these sources have not been tested. Please let me know if you find them useful. Aroma Delite free booklet to download and a newsletter Gems Alternative Health and Inspirational Newsletter Health Quest News for free from Dr Phyto. The latest research in Herbology, Aromatherapy, and other branches of Alternative Medicine The SEED Institute newsletter - a free online newsletter to those who register their interest via email HealthWorld Online - free newsletter Complementary Wellness Professional Association - free newsletter Weekly updates on health headlines from Silverhammer Publishing The Arthritis Chronicle - a commercial site with lots of information, research and a free monthly Chronicle with archives for those interested in arthritic conditions.
Free Palm Downloads I'm still testing palmwear as an alternative to carrying around client records and reference material but can recommend the following: There is more free medical software available for Palm as opposed to Pocket PC (at the moment). I've tested and still use the following downloads: Acupressure points from Do-in AvantGo - then select whatever channels for free including health ones. ePocrates - just brilliant, although the alternative health version is not enabled for free use Not yet tested but looks promising: DynamicPassages for storing useful references Please let me know if you find any more useful applications to share.
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