LINKS

In this section, you will find an annotated list of helpful consumer and professional resources and web links. Please check back regularly for updates as we continue to expand this part of our site.

Professional Associations / Non profits

• Canadian Complementary Medical Association
• Association of Complementary Physicians of British Columbia
• Friends of Alternative and Complementary Therapies (FACT)
• Canadian Health Food Association
• Acupuncture Foundation of Canada
• Canadian Society of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture
• Ontario Association of Naturopathic Doctors
• Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors
• Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine
• College of Massage Therapists of Ontario

Journals and Publications

• The Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine (JCIM)
• The Journal Of Chinese Medicine (JCM)

Research Databases

• CAMline - The evidence based complimentary and alternative medicine web site for healthcare professionals
• PubMed - Comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books

Recent Studies on Cold Laser Technology & Pain

Over 3,000 clinical studies worldwide have proven the success of therapeutic lasers in the healing of neural muscular-skeletal conditions. Theralase has also conducted a number of control studies that point to the clinical effectiveness, safety and versatility of laser therapy.

• Acute Cervical Pain is Relieved with Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Laser Radiation 
• Action of Diode Laser in Orthopaedics and Traumatology
• Efficacy of Low Level Therapy in the Management of Neck Pain

Recent Studies on Laser Therapy & Smoking Cessation

• Low level laser for the stimulation of acu-points for smoking cessation

Recent Studies on Acupuncture & Smoking Cessation

• Ninety five per cent of patients quit smoking after three acupuncture treatments
• Acupuncture attenuates autonomic responses to smoking-related visual cues
• A single-blind, placebo-controlled trial of a simple acupuncture treatment in the cessation of smoking
• Effect of acupuncture on smoking cessation or reduction: an 8-month and 5-year follow-up study
• Acupuncture for Smoking Cessation – Complementary and Alternative Therapies Evidence-based Summary