3283.0 Alternative and Complementary Health Practices for Cancer and Chronic Diseases

Monday, November 8, 2010: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
This session will present topics on cancer and chronic diseases including pediatric cancer, HIV disease effects, and cardiovascular disease risk. The ways in which complementary and/or alterative methods or pactices impact them will be explored. It is important to continually improve practices related to cancer and chronic diseases, and this session will discuss mechanisms to do this.
Session Objectives: Describe the complementary health practices presented. Discuss how alternative and/or compelementary health practices can benefit a specific population or condition. Explain how complementary practices can be incorporated into standard medical care.
Moderator:
Anne M. Doherty-Gilman, MPH

2:30pm
Effects of inhalation aromatherapy on anxiety and nausea in children undergoing stem cell transplantation (SCT)
Deborah Ndao, MPH, Elena Ladas, MS, RD, Bin Cheng, PhD, Stephen Sands, PsyD, Kathryn Snyder, MD, James Garvin, MD, PhD and Kara Kelly, MD
2:50pm
“Spontaneous” remission of cancer: Theories from doctors, healers, and cancer survivors
Kelly A. Turner, MSW, PhD Candidate
     
3:10pm
Effect of daily hempseed consumption on triglycerides in middle-aged women (HS-42)
Jessica Backe, MSN, RN, CNP, Colleen M. Renier, BS, Lisa Abrahams, MD, FACC, FSCAI and Julia Pattison-Crisostomo, BSN, RN, CCRC
        
3:30pm
Combination of acupuncture and relaxation response for treating GI side effects associated with antiretroviral therapies
Bei-Hung Chang, Elizabeth Sommers, MPH, LicAc, PhD (candidate) and Helene Hardy
     

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Alternative and Complementary Health Practices
Endorsed by: Caucus on Public Health and the Faith Community, Socialist Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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