title: Natural Standard--new integrative medicine database.
abstract: Natural Standard is a new and extremely easy-to-use database consisting of comprehensive evidence-based medicine monographs, and also news brief's on the subject of complementary/alternative medicine therapies. It does not yet contain a huge amount of material, but it is updated frequently, and new information is continuously added. The focus is on the therapeutic "bottom line" of treatment safety and effectiveness. Dosing, Precautions/Adverse Effects, Pregnancy/Lactation Data, and Interactions information is all clearly displayed along with a "Review of the Evidence" table and a discussion summarizing the overall therapeutic value of the treatment modality.
authors.affiliation: Ehrman Medical Library, New York University School of Medicine, 550 1st Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA. tomasp01@library.med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tomasulo
mesh_terms: D000529:Complementary Therapies; D016206:Databases, Bibliographic; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D008490:Medical Informatics; D018511:Systems Integration; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States