AlternativeDr.com's mission is to:  Help integrate and improve the practice of alternative health care;  Educate and empower consumers and practitioners;  Serve as the internet's primary portal for information, services and products in alternative health care. AlternativeDr.com is a website devoted to providing consumers and providers the best available information about the practice of alternative healthcare, as well as access to products, services, and news on emerging issues. We welcome your suggestions for improving content, services and offerings. Consumer Services Comprehensive alternative health care information, research and news. Information about alternative therapies integrated with many common health concerns and conditions Natural language search for accessing detailed information about alternative medicine Referrals to alternative medicine practitioners in many disciplines Self-assessment questionnaires and 'smart guide' to help consumers manage their PHQ (personal health quotient) Access to support groups, discussions and chats with practitioners and opinion leaders Resource list of alternative medicine organizations Participation in clinical trials Ability to use the Internet to schedule appointments with providers Natural health products, books, and software available through our storefront Practitioner Services Professionally written and clinically relevant information on alternative health care. News on emerging research, new techniques, and clinical trials. Information about public policy issues, including regulatory and legislative topics, third party payer and managed care concerns, public health, accountability, safety and credentialing issues Free development of high-quality, individualized Websites for each practitioner Ability to identify other qualified practitioners and to stand apart from non-qualified practitioners Access to experts and opinion leaders Efficient and effective online business services (scheduling, payment, third party billing) E-procurement directly from suppliers and wholesalers for medical products and office supplies Continuing medical education - workshops, conferences and seminars Direct links to alternative medicine organizations Supplier Services Access to a large and growing market of consumers interested in natural health products Access to a large and growing market of health practitioners with ongoing needs for office and medical supplies Advertising opportunities on the AlternativeDr.com Website Marketing opportunities in the AlternativeDr.com Storefront Opportunity to develop partnership relationships for marketing specialized business services to health care practitioners Advisory Board Advisory Board members constitute a distinguished group of experienced professionals who have been selected for their leadership positions and expertise as researchers, practitioners, educators and writers. Edward Chapman, MD, DHT.   Former President, American Institute of Homeopathy. Nancy Dail, LMT, NCTMB.   Director, Downeast School of Massage; Waldoboro, Maine, 26 years of experience. Ira Denton, MD.   Neurosurgery. Founder/President of CapMed, Inc. Developed Personal Health Record on Internet based Universal Health Record. Kimberly M. Griffin, MD.   Clinical Assistant Professor, Cardiothoracic Surgery. Scott Haldeman, DC, MD, PhD.   Clinical Professor, Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine; Adjunct Professor, Research department, LA Chiropractic College. Felicity Heathcote, DCP, Dublin, Ireland.   Senior Psychologist to the Olympic Council of Ireland, Barcelona, 1992 and Sydney 2000. Author of Peak Performance: Zen and the Sporting Zone (Wolfhound Press). Janet R. Kahn.   President, American Massage Therapy Association Foundation; Senior Reserach Scientist, Wellesley Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College; Member of the National Advisory Council for Complementary & Alternative Medicine at NIH. Greg Landry, MS.   Exercise physiologist and author of The Metabolism System for Weight Loss and Fitness. Publisher of more than ten weight loss, health, and fitness related e-mail newsletters to subscribers in more than 110 countries. Nan Lu, OMD, LAc.   Founding Director, Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation. Advisor to Columbia University Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine-Division of Research in Women's Health. Author of A Women's Guide to Healing from Breast Cancer (Avon Books, 1999). Kathleen Lukas.   NY Natural Health Coalition, Founder; National Center of Homeopathy, Board Member. Robert S. McCaleb.   Founder and President, Herb Research Foundation; Member of the Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels; Co-author of The Encyclopedia of Popular Herbs: Your Complete Guide to the Leading Medicinal Plants (Prima, 2000). James Milleson, DC.   Chiropractic Physician, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation; American Academy of Sports Medicine. Rose Marie Morwessel, MD.   Orthopedist; US Olympic Tennis Team, 1996. Jaswinder Pal Singh, PhD.   Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, Princeton University. PhD and MS Stanford University; EE, BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Princeton University. Victoria Taylor, RN.   Quality Midwifery Association.