elcome to the UTMB Integrative Health Care web site. The site's goal is to provide health care professionals, students, and the public with reliable, evidence-based, and authoritative information on a wide variety of alternative therapy topics for educational purposes. Clinical judgment must be exercised in utilizing any of these therapies and a physician or other clinical specialist should be consulted before making significant decisions about diagnosis or treatment..  

Malott Chiropractic - Friday, April 25th at Noon

Have you ever wondered what a chiropractor does? Join us for lunch, as Dr. Mary E Malott-Brechtel, D.C. DACBN, who is both a doctor of chiropractic and a board certified clinical nutritionist, speaks with us about typical chiropractic and nutritional services. In the past, Dr. Malott has shared office space with family practice, internal medicine, and podiatrist specialists and thus has a unique integrative perspective to share. She was voted UTMB Outstanding CAM Provider 2004, and we are excited to have her visit. Bring your questions. This is brought to you by Students for Integrative and Alternative Medicine (SIAM). Lunch will be provided.

Time: Friday, April 25th, 12pm – 1pm
Location: Senate room of the Jamail Student Center (2nd floor above Joes)

For more information about the meeting, please contact Karen Welch at kswelch@utmb.edu.
For more information on Malott Chiropractic, visit http://www.malottchiropractic.com/

What's New Full Listing
Integrative Cardiology

Integrative Cardiology: Complementary and Alternative Medicine for the Heart is edited by two leading experts in cardiology and integrative medicine, John Vogel and Mitchell Krucoff. Vogel was former president of the American Heart Association and Krucoff is a professor cardiology at Duke. This book, (ISBN-13: 978-0-07-144337-1) was published by McGraw Hill this year and should be on the bookshelf of every physician in primary care and cardiology. Comprehensive coverage includes a review of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) treatment modalities, legal and ethical issues, an overview of the mechanistic and physiologic links between CAM and the cardiovascular system, and much more.
More...


Calendar Of Events Full Listing
 
Local    
 
National
  
15 International Symposium of Functional Medicine		 5/22/2008 - 5/25/2008 Details
  
Complementary & Alternative Medicine Leadership Training Program		 5/26/2008 - 5/30/2008 Details
  
Medicine from the Earth 2008- 16th Annual Symposium on Botanical Medicine		 5/30/2008 - 6/2/2008 Details
  
Herbal Medicine Course - Stage A: Preparatory Program		 5/31/2008 - 9/12/2008 Details
  
The Healing Power of Story: Opening to a Deeper Human Connection with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD		 6/5/2008 - 6/7/2008 Details

Spotlight on CAM Full Listing
Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy

A recent retrospective review examined the efficacy of the ketogenic diet for epilepsy patients at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.  Twenty-four patients, aged 1-15 years who remained on the ketogenic diet for at least one year were evaluated.  The ketogenic diet was associated with greater than 50% reduction in seizure frequency, reduction in the number of antiepileptic drugs used, and an improvement in background electroencephalogram at one year in approximately one third of the patients.

DiMario F, Holland J  Pediatric Neurology; 2002 April; 26(4) p. 2288-2380


Healthnotes Newswire
 
Journal Abstracts  
 
 
Jump to the Top of the Page  
 
UTMB | Directories | News | Employment | Sitemap 
UT System | Reports | Compact | Statewide Search
 
This site published by the UTMB Department of Family Medicine.
Send email to Linda Hubbell with questions or comments about this web site.
Copyright © 2002  The University of Texas Medical Branch
Please review our privacy policy and Internet guidelines