Research

Always trust your own experience over a published study.
The United States has some of the best researchers that money can buy!
 



Research into Touch Therapy and Massage

Touch Research Institute
The Touch Research Institute is dedicated to studying the effects of touch therapy.
This is the place to go for current and past research.
The Canadian Touch Research Center
Check out the upcoming International Symposium on the science of touch

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Research into Energy Medicine

East West Med
The art and science of microcurrent / includes abstracts
 

National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine

acupuncture research
 

The website / research of Jacques Benveniste
Water memory effects and digital biology

Research of Dr. Masaru Emoto
Can human thoughts and emotions alter the molecular structure of water? 
 

Institute of NOETIC sciences
 

International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine

 

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Research into Alternative Medicine

Alternative Medicine Resources
(Note: This site includes links to many great resources but, also links to a site called quackwatch.com.  Quackwatch is run by a anti-alternative medicine crusader and has absolutely
no credibility.  For more information, go to: 
http://www.quackpotwatch.org)  
 

Clinical Trials
Regularly updated information about federal and private clinical research in human volunteers
 

Combined Health Information Database

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Search CAM on PubMed

Meridian Institute
Research plus access to old and rare texts on-line

Positive Health Magazine
Research Database - International Updates

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Research into Herbs and Nutrition

American Society for Nutritional Sciences
articles and abstracts
 

Arbor Nutrition Guide
Thousands of links to nutrition resources
 

Botanical Medicine Information Resources
A listing of most Botanical Medicine sites
 

Cancer Nutrition Center
Nutrition related clinical trials

Linus Pauling Institute
Micronutrient Information Center

Herbal Materia Medica
Detailed information and research references for various herbs


Herb Research Foundation (non-profit)
Science based information on the health benefits and safety of herbs
 

IBIDS Database
The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements - provides access to bibliographic citations and abstracts from published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements

 

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Medical Research
(Not massage related)

Therapeutics Initiative of British Columbia
Possibly the best source of medical information
for those who can read scientific tables. 
Most other sources are commercialized & biased.


For the less scientifically oriented, try Public Citizen's 
Health Research Group
 

Medical Research studies (PubMed)
Free service of the National Library of Medicine

Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
Searchable database of federally funded biomedical research projects
 

The Lancet
 

New England Journal of Medicine

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Links Massage Resources Recommended  Reading Akron, Ohio resources

 

Randall Gibson, M.Ed., LMT, RPP, CST / 330-701-8780
1236 Weathervane Lane, #203 / Akron, Ohio 44313 / [email]