Links and Resources
Naturopathic Medicine - Accredited Canadian Colleges
Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, Toronto - www.ccnm.edu.ca
Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine, Vancouver - www.binm.org
Naturopathic Medicine - Regulatory Body in BC
College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia - www.cnpbc.ca
Naturopathic Medicine - Associations
British Columbia Naturopathic Association - www.bcna.ca
Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors - www.cand.ca
Autism and Homeopathy
Dr. Tinus Smits, CEASE Therapy, www.tinussmits.com
Dr. Amy Lanksy, Impossible Cure, http://www.impossiblecure.com/index.php
Useful Local Resources and Groups
Mothers of Oak Bay - The aim of Mothers in of Oak Bay is to support the development of appropriate space, programs, and social opportunities for mothers in our district and those mothers living on the border of Oak Bay - www.oakbaymoms@shaw.ca
Seniors 101 - a useful online resource guide forseniors on Vancouver Island, everything form services and organizations to current event listings and newsletters - www.seniors101.ca
Local Practitioners I like to work with:
Dr. Neil McKinney, ND, Naturopathic Oncologist, specialist in naturopathic care for cancer, www.drneilmckinney.ca
Gregg Turner, Counsellor, Hypnotherapist, NLP, Life Coaching, www.resultsnow.ca
Rosemary Brown-Tucker, RMT, Craniosacral Therapist, www.rebalancecentre.ca. Rosemary is a gifted craniosacral therapist who has helped many of my patients, including a number of children.
Stephen Austen, Medical Intuitive, Healer, Spiritual Counsellor, www.stephenausten.com. Stephen is a wonderfully caring and brilliant man with great intuitive powers and true healing abilities. He consistently shows a high level of integrity and has been an asset to many of my patients.
Practitioners in Vancouver I like to work with:
Carole King, Emotional Freedom Technique, www.carolekingeft.com
Homeopathy - Educational Videos
Jacques Benveniste, Heretic
A film portrait of the late Dr Jacques Benveniste, French Government scientist and pioneer of laboratory research into homeopathy.....which led to his downfall.
www.dailymotion.com/video/xiqyt1_jacques-benveniste-heretic_tech
Homeopathy: Medicine or Magic?
A 30 minute introduction to homeopathy, made by the BBC in the 1990s. It so impressed the British Medical Association that they gave it their "Medicine in the Media" Gold Award - the BMA's highest possible accolade
www.dailymotion.com/video/xk45kr_homeopathy-medicine-or-magic_tech
Homeopathy - Training
Ontario College Of Homeopathic Medicine - three-year program for those who wish to become professional homeopaths - www.ochm.ca
International Academy of Classical Homeopathy, George Vithoulkas, online and in person training as well as great resource website for homeopathy - www.vithoulkas.com
Louis Klein homeopathic School, Luminos - online and seminar training in homoepathy www.homeopathycourses.com
Devon School of Homeopathy - Classes in the UK, international home study program, www.homeopathyschool.co
Homeopathy - Resources
Homeopathy-Help.net - useful website on most things homeopathic - www.homeopathy-help.net
The Life and Letters of Dr. Samuel Hahnemann - great reading about the fascinating founder of homeopathy www.homeoint.org/books4/bradford
Homeopathic Educational Services - a great website for books, articles and videos on homeopathy - www.homeopathic.com
Homeopathy World Community - A cool networking and resource community for professionals and lay-people - www.homeopathicworldcommunity.com
National Centre for Homeopathy - The National Center for Homeopathy is a non-profit membership organization dedicated to making homeopathy accessible to the public.- www.homeopathic.org
Minimum Price Books - THE source for all books as well as audioprograms on homeopathy - www.minimumprice.com
European Council of Classical Homeopathy - www.homeopathy-ECH
Homeopathy and Farming/Animals
Homeopathy at Wellie Level - A Homeopathic Course designed for Farmers http://www.hawl.co.uk
Homeopathy and Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research
Homeopathy Research Institute http://www.homeoinst.org/database
Veterinary Clinical Research Database in Homeopathy (VetCR-database)
The VetCR-database was established by the Karl and Veronica Carstens Foundation. It contains approximately 200 entries of randomized clinical trials, non-randomized clinical trials, observational studies, drug provings, case reports and case series in veterinary homeopathy.
It is free of charge and can be accessed at www.carstensstiftung.de/clinresvet/index.php
CAM-quest Database
Another database recently created by the Carstens Foundation is the CAM-quest Database. The database includes research studies in nine therapy categories: acupuncture, anthroposophic medicine, ayurveda, bioenergetics, homeopathy, manual medicine, mind-body medicine, herbal medicine and TCM - and searches can be made by disease, therapy and study design.
The CAM-quest Database is accessible at www.cam-quest.org
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) of the National Institutes of Health announced the launch of new online resource on CAM research. It is designed to give health care providers easy access to evidence-based information on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). It includes:
- links to relevant clinical practice guidelines
- safety and effectiveness information
- links to systematic reviews
- summaries of research studies
- scientific literature searches
- programs for continuing education credit
- patient fact sheets
- NCCAM’s Time to Talk tool kit on communicating about CAM
Access this database at: http://nccam.nih.gov/health/providers/
Homeopathic Pharmacies
Boiron Laboratories, main distributor of homeopathic remedies in Canada - www.boiron.ca - I love their oscillococcinum
Hyland's Homeopathy - www.hylands.com
The American Association of Homeopathic Pharmacists, AAHP - has a list of all member pharmacies in the US - www.homoepathicpharmacy.org
Helios Homeopathic Pharmacy - great resource pharmacy for hard to find remedies, great selection of homeopathic remedy kits, Bachflower remedies and related products as well as books. Will ship quickly, great service. - www.helios.co.uk
Dentistry and Health
International Academy of Oral Medicine and Technology, IAOMT. The IAOMT is a network of dental, medical and research professionals who seek to raise the standards of scientific biocompatibility in the dental practice with information from the latest interdisciplinary research. http://www.iaomt.org
Cancer Information Resources
Mesothelioma treatment website - mesothelioma patients apparently have better outcomes combinig naturopathic care with conventional care, or even foregoing conventional care. This website offers good resource information on this type of cancer, from causes to diagnosis and treatment: http://www.mesotheliomatreatment.net
Consciousness Research
One of my other main interests, although there is not much on this website on it.
Dr. John Hagelin - pysicist and researcher - www.hagelin.org
Education and meditation - www.stressfreeschools.org
Dr. David R. Hawkins - www.veritaspub.com Dr. Hawkins, a psychiatrist, mystic and consciousness researcher, pioneered the map of consciousness, a way to calibrate the relative level of conscousness and truth of any idea, person, institution etc.
Dr. John F. Demartini - www.drdemartini.com
Lynne McTaggart, - www.livingthefield.com, also - www. theintentionexperiment.com
Spiritual Cinema Circle - www.spiritualcinemacircle.com