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HealthWorld Teams with USC on Alternative Therapies Conference
The USC Department of Nursing will present "Integration of Alternative Therapies with Conventional Healthcare: The New Paradigm for Patients in the 21st Century," May 2-3, 1997 in Santa Monica, CA. HealthWorld Online will collaborate with the Department of Nursing to continue the event on the Internet as an ongoing "cyberspace conference" with CE credits for new virtual attendees and discussion forums to further develop the ideas developed at the conference. The "cyberspace conference" will function to create a bridge to future events.
USC Department of Nursing-Continuing Education Program. Mirarmar Sheraton, Santa Monica, CA. Contact: (213) 342-3476

Newsbreaks

Five-Part Radio Series on Alternative Healing
Public radio's global news magazine "The World" will examine the increasing popularity and acceptance of alternative healing in a special, five-part series on traditional medical practices. To be aired the week of April 28 - May 2 (check local listings), "The Roots of Healing" will explore alternative healing techniques from around the world, with special reports on practices in South Africa, Brazil, India and China. The series will also look at the increasing popularity of alternative healing in the United States.

News from the Village

Children's Health Update
Many natural health practitioners and herbalists view severe hyperactivity in children as being closely related to emotional and physical nourishment. The child may be starved for affection, attention, or important nutrients that are not available in some modern fast-food diets. In his article Calming Hyper Kids with Herbs Christopher Hobbs, L.Ac., a fourth generation herbalist, discusses natural and herbal alternatives for calming hyperactivity in children.

Women's Health Update
While Western medicine typically offers hormone replacement therapy for the discomforts which may come with menopause, many women cannot or do not wish to take hormones. In her article Menopausal Health: Could Chinese Medicine Help You?, Honora Lee Wolfe shows how Traditional Chinese medicine has a great deal to offer women through individualized treatment that takes into account the whole pattern of each woman's physical and mental-emotional symptoms. Excerpted from Menopause, A Second Spring: Making a Smooth Transition with Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Men's Health Update
Adult males, like all other segments of our population, have their own special needs. In his article, Nutritional Program for Adult Men nutritional expert Elson Haas, M.D. reviews the requirements for a male's optimum physical, mental, and sexual functions, as well as his specific nutritional needs.

Nutrition Update: Interview with Nutritional Experts
Nutritional expert Mary Enig, Ph.D. discusses the harm caused by partially-hydrogenated fats that are present in processed foods in this facinating interview with Dr. Richard A. Passwater: Health Risks from Processed Foods and Trans Fats.

HealthWorld Forums
Interested in exploring the relationship of emotional and mental stress and chronic illness? Exploring mind/body approaches to chronic disorders? Visit our Mind/Body Approaches to Chronic Illness forum coordinated by William Collinge, Ph.D., MPH and Emmett Miller, MD.

Natural Medicine Audio Clinic
Listen to free Online Audio Tape on Homeopathic Approaches to The Common Cold from Homeopathic Experts, Judyth Reichenberg- Ullman, ND and Robert Ullman, ND! Check out our entire Natural Medicine Audio Library--over 220 online tapes available online as a premium service through CyberCash. Real Audio required for listening to tapes. Download RealPlayer here.

Health Professional's Center
Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine now online! Over two years of full text archives of this leading journal of nutritional medicine, edited by pioneering physician, Abram Hoffer, MD., is now available as a premium service in our Library of Health & Medicine. Come explore leading edge articles from authorities in nutritional medicine.

University News
Expand Your Creativity Through Self-Mastery -- The Meta-Wellness Online Home Study Program, a complete program to enhance your well-being on all levels, is now available in HealthWorld Online. The Course was created by Dr. Theresa Dale, President of The Wellness Center for Research and Education, Inc.

New Releases in our Bookstore
Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., the pioneering author of Minding the Body, mending the Mind unlocks the biological driving force behind the psychology and spirituality of being female in her new book, A Woman's Book of Life: The Biology, Psychology, and Spirituality of the Feminine Life Cycle.

Association Network
Ensuring Your Medical Freedom: The American Preventive Medical Association is the political voice for health care practitioners who use nutritional and other complementary therapies in patient care. Members approach health from a comprehensive perspective, utilizing preventive medical techniques and less-invasive, more natural methods of patient management. Visit the APMA.

Global Health Calendar -- Hot Pick
"Awakening the Soul of Health and Caring," May 16-17, 1997. Association of Healing Health Care Projects 8th National Symposium. Featured Speakers: Leland Kaiser, PhD; Larry Dossey, MD; Joan Borysenko, PhD. Layayette, LA For more information, call: 318-289-7132

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Editor, Healthy Update: James Strohecker

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