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presents
The 1st Annual Integrative Medicine Conference & Natural Healthcare Expo
April 1 - 4, 2004 * Miami Beach, Florida
COMPLETE SET OF AUDIOTAPES IN BINDERS FOR
$270
CONFERENCE CODE: IMC24
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 2004
Plenary Session
#001 Integrative Medicine: Natural Medicine Perspective - Joseph
Pizzorno, ND 1 Tape for $15
Plenary Session
#002 Herbal Product Quality - Steven Dentali, PhD 1 Tape
for $15
Plenary Session
#003 Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Disease - David
Perlmutter, MD 1 Tape for $15
Concurrent Tracks
#004 An Integrative Approach to Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Patrick
Hanaway, MD 1 Tape for $15
#005 Nutrient Supplement Quality -Enrico Liva, RPh, ND 1
Tape for $15
#006 Integrative Protocols: Diabetes - Mick Lyon, MD, Michael
Murray, ND 1 Tape for $15
The integrative program to be presented will focus on the use of specific
natural medicines designed to be used in conjunction with proper dietary,
lifestyle, and medical treatment of diabetes. The program presented will have
four primary objectives: to provide optimal nutrient status, to reduce after
meal elevations in blood sugar levels, to improve insulin function and
sensitivity and to prevent nutritional and oxidative stress.
#007 Integrative Protocols: Menopause - Susan Reed, MD, Jane
Guiltinan, ND 1 Tape for $15
The presenters will discuss current information regarding conventional and
naturopathic treatment options for menopause symptoms. Cases will be utilized to
demonstrate different approaches and referral strategies.
#008 Training CAM Professionals to Teach Health Profession Learners -
Peter Curtis, MD 1 Tape for $15
Interactive session on how to overcome barriers to teaching between conventional
and CAM health professionals.
#009 Citicoline - Alexander G. Schauss, PhD, FACN, CEDS 1
Tape for $15
#010 Integrative Protocols: Hyperlipidemia - Cindy Breed, ND,
Suzanne Laurel, DO 1 Tape for $15
Presenters will discuss hyperlipidemia and treatment goals based on risk
assessment. Treatment options will be offered including diet, exercise,
nutritional supplements, herbal medicine and pharmaceutical medicine. Evidence
based recommendations will be explored.
#011 Integrative Protocols: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - Deborah Metzger,
MD, PhD Darin Ingels, ND 1 Tape for $15
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is one of the syndromes caused by immune overload.
Protocols will be presented that are successful in helping the majority of
sufferers.
SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 2004
Plenary Session
#012 Integrative Medicine: Conventional Medicine Perspective
- Peter Curtis, MD 1 Tape for $15
An analysis of different forms of integrative approaches to care and discussion
of challenges.
Plenary Session
#013 Drug/Herb/Nutrient Interactions, Part I - Francis Brinker,
ND 1 Tape for $15
Combining pharmaceuticals with herbal products may have unpredictable results
due to many individual and product variables. Known interference of drug
kinetics in humans by botanicals deserve emphasis. Pharmaco-dynamic alterations
appear more obvious, but require monitoring and management for safety. Several
means of enhancing clinical outcomes through complementary combinations holds
great potential and appeal.
Plenary Session
#014 Drug/Herb/Nutrient Interactions, Part II - Bernd Wollschlaeger,
MD 1 Tape for $15
Concurrent Tracks
#015 Practical Uses of Nutraceuticals and Supplements - Alan
R. Gaby, MD 1 Tape for $15
#016 Integrative Protocols: Cancer - Timothy C. Birdsall, ND;
Bernard Eden, MD 1 Tape for $15
Will discuss basic physics/radiology used in radiation oncology. Will discuss
tomotherapy in treatment of cancer.
#017 Integrative Protocols: Integrated Practice - Stephen Bolles,
DC; Craig Svendsen, MD 1 Tape for $15
A presentation that will offer guidelines to developing integrative practices in
multidisciplinary settings, focusing on the communication and clinical needs for
effective collaborative case management.
#018 Lifestyle Pattern Approach to Weight Management - Robert
Kushner, MD 1 Tape for $15
#019 The Ten Most Commonly Used Herbal Remedies - Donald Brown,
ND 1 Tape for $15
After a meteoric rise to popularity in the mid - 1990s,the herbal supplement
industry has come under fire regarding issues around safety, efficacy, and
quality. The goals of this program are to discuss key points in choosing quality
herbal supplements and to review the safety and efficacy of ten popular herbal
supplements. The program will bring health care professionals up-to-date on the
recently issued Dietary Supplement GMPs by the FDA. Additionally, focus will be
placed on potential drug-herb interactions for the herbal supplements covered.
Effort will be made to document claims as reported in the scientific literature.
#020 CAM Practitioner Credentialing for Clinics and Hospitals
- Thomas Shepherd, DHA 1 Tape for $15
#021 Recent Advances in Nutrition in the Treatment of Cancer
- Patrick Quillin, PhD, RD, CNS 1 Tape for $15
A well-nourished cancer patient can better manage and beat the disease. While
nutrition is not sole therapy for cancer, optimal nutrition status as part of
comprehensive cancer treatment can augment non-specific host defense mechanisms
in the cancer patient.
#022 Improving Digestive Function in the Elderly - Frank Strehl,
DC 1 Tape for $15
SUNDAY, APRIL 4, 2004
# 023 Plenary Session 1 Tape for $15
Research Update: Nutrition - Alan R. Gaby, MD
#024 Plenary Session 1 Tape for $15
Research Update: Botanical Medicine - Donald Brown, ND
This lecture updates health care professionals on the Findings of research
articles published over the past Couple of years that significantly alter or
extend our Knowledge of the clinical use of botanical medicines. In addition to
evaluation of efficacy, particular emphasis Will be placed on the safety of the
botanical medicines Covered, including potential drug interactions.
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