Integrative Medicine 2014-09 - Integrative Medicine Alert - Sep 01, 2014

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.

The American Osteopathic Association has approved this continuing education activity for up to 2 AOA Category 2-B credits.

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

Authors 
Luke Fortney, MD
Meriter Medical Group,
Madison, WI.

Rian Podein, MD
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin
Madison, WI.

Howell Sasser, PhD
Associate, Performance Measurement,
American College of Physicians,
Philadelphia, PA



Subjects:

  • Dietary Supplements and Prescription Drugs: Concomitant Use Continues to Rise
  • Osteopathic Manipulation in Pregnancy: Benefits for Low Back Pain
  • MTHFR Clinical Considerations: A Review
  • Probiotic Supplementation Reduces Upper Respiratory Tract Infections
  • Can Probiotics Affect Blood Pressure?
  • Now You Can Complete Your Continuing Education Test with Each Issue/Earn AOA Credits Now!

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 report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study.

Authors Luke Fortney, MD, Rian Podein, MD, and Howell Sasser, PhD report no financial relationships relevant to this field of study. 

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