Do issues related to dealing with pain sound like an interesting topic for further research? The AARP has put up this website on that very topic, including topics like checkups, myths, stress, and more.
How about another approach? "The Alternative Medicine Homepage" at the University of Pittsburgh has links to relevant AIDS & HIV sites, databases, Internet resources, and newsgroups concerned with unorthodox ways of healing.
Do you find directories helpful in your online research? Try this one about holistic medicine from Google.com. What did you learn? Did you follow any of the links you found? Explain.
Let's say that as a result of your search above you'd like to learn more about the teaching of holistic medicine. Try a web search at Google, typing in "holistic medicine" and "teaching." How many hits did you get?