AIDS & HIV: Alternative Medicine Resources

• The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) National Resource Center (NRC) website maintains links to Alternative and Complementary Therapies sponsored by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA),The National AIDS Education and Training Centers Program (AETCs)
• AIDS Links Index from ARIC, AIDS Research Information Center contains Alternative / Complementary Therapies (and Questionable Theories), a good starting point for specific therapies
• AIDS Treatment News: internationally recognized bi-monthly newsletter containing new therapeutic information, archive of past issues as an index and database of articles
• AEGIS
  • Alternative Treatments
  • FACT SHEET: HIV/AIDS and Alternative Therapies
  • Supplements: Vitamins, Minerals, and Trace Elements
• The Alternative Treatments Page contains a review of the current literature on alternative therapies from the AIDS Treatment Data Network
• Bastyr University AIDS Research Center (BUARC) , established under a cooperative grant from National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) and the National Center on Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM, located in Kenmore, Washington
• The Body: an AIDS and HIV Information Resource
  • Beyond Medications: Healthy Living for HIVers includes Complementary, Alternative and Holistic Therapies
  • The Mind-Body Connection and HIV
• The Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATI) provides A Practical Guide to Complementary Therapies for People Living with HIV
• The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Montreal, Quebec, Canada: report Complementary/Alternative Health Care and HIV/AIDS: Legal, Ethical & Policy Issues in Regulation
• Doc Misha's Applying Chinese Medicine HIV Wellness: Living Well with HIV
• The Florida AIDS Health Fraud Task Force: protect against fraudulent activities associated with HIV/AIDS [ for more info use United States Food and Drug Administration State AIDS Health Fraud Task Forces]
• Foundation for Integrative AIDS Research (FIAR): "ponsors and stimulates interest in clinical trials of herbal and nutritional treatments for people with HIV, AIDS and chronic hepatitis"
• The New Mexico AIDS InfoNet Alternative and Complementary Therapies Fact Sheets and Internet Bookmarks for AIDS Alternative Therapies
• Pathways to Wellness, Inc.: Boston Massachusetts: provides access to holistioc care including complementary therapies for people living with HIV/AIDS
• Pets are Wonderful Support (PAWS), San Francisco, California: "volunteer-based organization improving the quality of life for persons with AIDS and other disabling illnesses by offering the emotional and practical support to keep the love and companionship of their pets, and by providing information on the benefits and risks of animal companionship"
• United States Food and Drug Administartion State AIDS Health Fraud Task Forces

Revision: January 2008.

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