HealthShare (a group addressing a variety of ways to sustain wellness from a global point of view) met from 1990-1995. They had good programs and good refreshments.
People Advocating Vaccine Education (1415) met in Charlotte from the late 1990's until 2004.  We are told that its activities have been included in other programs but receive no responses from the leaders of those groups.

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.

National Center for Complementary & Alternative Medicine (NIH)  of 4

Click here to find answers to frequently asked questions, classification systems, fact sheeets, consensus reports, help using MedLine, and other useful tools in a serach for alternative and complementary care.  It's quite detailed and gives good basic and advanced information.  Last checked 7/29/08; originally posted here on 3/27/00. 

Quack Watch 

Click here for a useful, entertaining, and unfortunately a bit tricky-to-use site with a list of links and satellite sites.  These links and sites appear in a long list (with their update dates) which, along with a site search tool, allow you to research a huge range of articles covering health fraud and intelligent decision making.  Last checked 7/29/08; originally posted here 3/27/00. (Click for overview of Wellness resources)

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.