CAM treatments for eczema - Dr Trisha Macnair offers advice for treating eczema with alternative therapies.

The Arthritis Guide - suggestions for a complemenatry approach to help with the pain of arthritis. There's more to it than just copper bracelets.

Mental Health Therapies - advice on how CAM therapies can help with stress-related symptoms, tension, anxiety and depression.

BBC News Guide to alternative medicine.

Horizon - Homeopathy: the test - James Randi has offered a million dollars to anyone who can provide convincing evidence of the effects of homeopathy. Horizon took up the challenge.

Other health matters on Open2.net:
Lab Rats - Science with a difference, as Zeron Gibson and Mike Leahy push their bodies to the limit.

Ever Wondered Food - explore the links between what you eat and your health with our interactive digestive system.

Being Positive - explore the numbers underneath the AIDS crisis in Africa and discover your risk factor at home.

Governing Bodies and Umbrella Organisations:
British Complementary Medical Association
British Homeopathic Assocation
Complementary Medicine Association
Institute for Complementary Medicine
Research Council For Complementary Medicine
British Association of Homeopathic Veterinary Surgeons - because even animals can benefit from properly-administered homeopathic treatments.

For a more sceptical approach to complementary therapies, it's worth keeping an eye on Ben Goldacre's Bad Science column in The Guardian: he often casts a careful eye over some of the more outlandish claims of practitioners.

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