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Conditions InDepth
A reference guide to more than 100 health and medical conditions
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An excellent reference source for understanding illnesses and injuries
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How to relieve your child's symptoms at home (En Espanol)
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Information about hundreds of prescription and non-prescription drugs
Complementary therapies
Objective, science-based information on natural medicine
Diagnostic procedures
Quick view reference for many procedures
Procedures InMotion
Animated introductions to a variety of screening, diagnostic, and treatment procedures
Health headlines
Today's top health news
Medical Dictionary
Definitions for more than 55,000 medical terms
   

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Behavioral health screening tools
See if you or a loved one might need help with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, stress & more
Health Calculators
Body Mass Index (BMI), Waist-to-Hip Ratio, Calories Burned and Activity Calculator
Anatomy Explorer
Did you know there are 206 bones and well over 600 muscles in the human body?
Condition Explorer
Our Health Condition Explorer shows you conditions that affect each part of your body
Drug Checker
If you take multiple medications, consult the Drug Checker to be sure they're not interacting with each other

 

 

Complementary therapies

A premium, up-to-date source of objective, science-based information on natural medicine.

Find out what Aurora offers
Aurora offers a wide range of complementary and alternative medicine services.

Herbs & Supplements
This unbiased, interactive authority on herbs, vitamins, minerals, and other food supplements tells you what's proven to work - and what's not. Assembled by physicians and pharmacists, it contains extensive information on natural remedies.

Conditions
Search here for detailed, up-to-date, unbiased information about complementary and alternative treatments for more than 100 different medical conditions.

Drug Interactions
Look up the medications and supplements you use to see if there are interactions you need to be aware of.

Alternative Therapies
Considering trying acupuncture or tai chi? Or wondering if massage therapy does any more than just make you feel good? Read through our unbiased, evidence-based monographs on alternative therapies to see what science says about these methods.

Functional Foods
Functional foods include ordinary foods that contain health-promoting substances as well as foods that have been enriched with potentially health-promoting ingredients. While these foods and ingredients are marketed as providing specific health benefits, the scientific research behind them varies greatly.

Homeopathy
The basis of homeopathy is that a substance that causes certain symptoms in a healthy person can cure an ailing person of similar symptoms. While many anecdotal reports claim that these therapies are helpful, most medical professionals do not believe this practice has any merit. This database explains the details of homeopathy and thoroughly reviews the studies done on these remedies for a variety of health conditions.

 

 


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