Resources 

Along with the many resources you will find within each of the program modules, following are additional resources you may find helpful in your study of herbs and dietary supplements.

 

U.S. Government:

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

• FDA Medwatch – for reporting adverse effects
• Tips for Older Dietary Supplement Users @ FDA
• US Food and Drug Administration on Dietary Supplements

United States Department of Agriculture

• Choose My Plate, USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion
• USDA Food and Nutrition Information Center
• USDA Vegetarian Nutrition Resource List (pdf file)
  

National Institutes of Health

• National Cancer Institute
  

• Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Cancer.gov)
• Office of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine CAM A-Z

 

• National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

• NCCAM
  

 

• National Library of Medicine

• MedLine Plus
• Medline Plus - Herbal Medicine

 

• Office of Dietary Supplements

• International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements (IBIDS) Database
• Specific Supplements Fact Sheets

• United States Pharmacopeial Convention

• US Pharmacopeia

 

Academic Health Centers:

• Mayo Clinic
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• University of Maryland
• University of Wisconsin

 

Non-profit organization:

• American Botanical Council

• American Cancer Society
• Society for Integrative Oncology

 

Subscription (Fee Based):

• ConsumerLab

• Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database
• Natural Standard

The Prior Health Sciences Library, available to faculty, staff and students at the Ohio State University, has an entire collection on integrative medicine and numerous subscriptions to relevant journals and databases, including those shown above.

 

Note:  The Herbs and Dietary Supplements Across the Lifespan Program does not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of any of these resources.