5088.0: Wednesday, October 24, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Alternative Therapies for Selected Indications and Populations - Part I

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Participants will learn about various indications or medical conditions that are treated with alternative therapies; the specific therapies being used to treat these common and uncommon medical conditions; and the evidence on the safety, efficacy and quality of popular alternative therapies.
Moderator(s):Joseph Pizzorno, ND
12:30 PMA complementary and alternative medicine utilization process among post-myocardial infarct patients
Andrea Corage Baden, MPH, Sara Warber, MD
12:45 PMComplementary care seeking behavior in patients with Myasthenia gravis
Joerg Klewer, Linda Wondzinski, Annette Friedrich, R. Amann, Dieter Poehlau, Joachim Kugler
1:00 PMBotanicals of Relevance to the Treatment of Syndrome X and Component Abnormalities
David DeRose, MD, MPH, Zeno L. Charles-Marcel, MD, Phylis Austin, BS, Timothy J. Arnott, MD
1:15 PMOutcomes of alternative exercise for older women
Helen M. Taggart, DSN, RN, CS
1:30 PMAlternative and Complementary Health Practices in Addiction Treatment
Alan Trachtenberg, MD, MPH, Lewis Gallant, PhD, Robert E. Anderson, MA, Kathleen M. Nardini, MA
Sponsor:Alternative and Complementary Health Practices
Cosponsors:Chiropractic Health Care; Latino Caucus; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Chiropractic, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA