Alternative Medicine 1612 - Alternative Medicine Alert - Dec 01, 2012

Target Audience:

This activity is intended for physicians and researchers interested in complementary and alternative medicine.

Accreditation:

AHC Media is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Faculty Listing:

Executive Editor
David Kiefer, MD
Research Fellow
Department of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
University of Arizona

Peer Reviewer
J. Adam Rindfleisch, MD, MPhil
Program Director
Integrative Medicine
Fellowship Director
Department of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin
Madison

AHC Media Executive Editor
Leslie Coplin

Managing Editor
Neill Kimball

Editorial Advisory Board
Dónal P. O'Mathùna, PhD
Senior Lecturer;
Ethics, Decision-Making & Evidence;
School of Nursing;
Dublin City University;
Ireland

Donald J. Brown, ND
Managing Director
Natural Product Research Consultants
Seattle, WA

Author
Melissa Quick, DO
PGY-2
Beth Israel Residency in Urban Family Practice
Beth Israel Medical Center
New York

Subjects:

  • Energy Drinks to Improve Performance
  • Soy and Breast Cancer: Harmful or Helpful?
  • Essential Fatty Acids and Biological Aging
  • Do Multivitamins Prevent Cancer in Men?

Objectives:

  • present evidence-based clinical analyses of commonly used alternative therapies
  • make informed, evidence-based recommendations to clinicians about whether to consider using such therapies in practice
  • describe and critique the objectives, methods, results and conclusions of useful, current, peer-reviewed clinical studies in alternative medicine as published in the scientific literature

Financial Disclosure:

Integrative Medicine Alert's executive editor David Kiefer, MD, peer reviewer J. Adam Rindfleisch, MD, MPhil, AHC Media executive editor Leslie Coplin, managing editor Neill Kimball, and editorial advisory board members Dónal P. O€™Mathúna, PhD, Donald J. Brown, ND, and author Melissa Quick, DO report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.

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