Subject: Naturopathic Medical Convention 1995

From: [email-masked] (maximum impact )
Date: 9 Aug 1995 15:56:01 GMT

Announcing the 10th Annual 
NATUROPATHIC MEDICAL CONVENTION of the AANP -- 
the American Assn. of Naturopathic Physicians

Ooctober 11-15, Snowmass, Colorado

For information about the convention 
call the AANP at 206-328-8510 (M-F 9 am-5 pm PDT)
or send email to <<[email-masked]>>

Description

Hundreds of naturopathic physicians from all over 
North America and representatives of other health 
care professions working in the field of natural 
medicine will meet in the Rocky Mountain resort 
community of Snowmass, CO, Oct. 11-15, 1995 for 
the tenth annual convention of the American 
Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP). 

The convention, to be held at the Snowmass Resort, 
will feature leading edge scientific presentations 
by naturopathic physicians (NDs), as well as MDs, 
DOs, acupuncturists, chiropractors, and other 
licensed health care professionals. Promising new 
research and nontoxic treatments for medical 
conditions ranging from AIDS to menopause will be 
presented, along with nontoxic therapies including 
herbal medicine, homeopathy and natural hormones.

The theme of this year's convention is 
*Integrated Health Care for the Future.*  Among 
the many nationally known medical authorities who 
will share reports of their provocative work at 
the convention are: 

Carlo Calabrese, MPH, ND, Leanna Standish, PhD, 
ND, Jane Guiltinan, ND, and other naturopathic 
physicians associated with Bastyr University’s 
federally funded AIDS Research and Treatment 
Center in Seattle; 

Alan Gaby, MD, popular clinician, author, and 
president of the American Holistic Medical 
Association; 

Tori Hudson, ND, widely published author and the 
naturopathic profession’s leading expert on 
women’s health care, menopause, alternative 
medicine, and reversing pre-cancerous conditions 
with herbs;

Ernest Sternglass, PhD, Director of the 
Department of Radiological Physics at the 
University of Pittsburgh (retired), author of 
widely-published scientific studies, and a 
respected authority on the impacts of low-level 
radiation (from nuclear power plants and other 
sources) on human health. 

Naturopathic medicine is the nation's leading, 
licensed primary health care profession that 
principally uses nontoxic therapies -- both 
traditional and innovative -- to prevent and 
treat illness. Currently licensed to practice 
medicine in eight states (two other states and 
the District of Columbia allow naturopathic 
physicians to practice), naturopathic doctors 
employ a wide range of natural therapeutics, 
including clinical nutrition (diet and 
supplements), homeopathy, botanical (herbal) 
medicine, physical manipulation, exercise, 
stress reduction, and other lifestyle changes. 
Many have sufficient additional training to do 
natural childbirth and/or acupuncture and 
oriental medicine. 

A study in January 1993 in the prestigious *New 
England Journal of Medicine* found that one-third 
of adult Americans are now using such *alternative* 
modalities. Meanwhile, awareness and use of 
naturopathic medicine (which marks its centennial 
anniversary in North America in 1996) are growing by 
leaps and bounds. On January 1, 1995, New Hampshire 
became the third state east of the Mississippi to 
officially license naturopathic physicians. In the 
fall of 1994, the National Institutes of Health chose 
Bastyr University, one of the nation’s three 
naturopathic medical schools, as the recipient of an 
$840,000 grant to establish the national AIDS 
Research Center. 

During the past year, naturopathic medicine has been 
the subject of numerous positive accounts in the 
national media. On January 17, 1995, for example, 
ABC Television’s *Good Morning America* focused on 
naturopathic medicine in its segment on herbal 
healing. *Newsweek,* in its June 26, 1995 issue, 
highlighted naturopathic clinical practice in the 
feature article about alternative medicine 
*Going Mainstream.* 
 
Some of the other participants in the 1995 AANP 
convention are: Michael Traub, ND, vice president of 
the Hawaii Center for Integral Healing, who will 
chair the opening panel on Integrated Medicine; 
Kristi Fassler, ND, DHANP, a naturopathic physician 
in Portsmouth, NH, who will present cases in which 
she has successfully treated colitis with homeopathy 
and other natural therapies; and Davis Lamson, MS, 
ND, who will discuss the latest research on the 
hormone DHEA, which is receiving world wide 
attention for its reported anti-aging properties. 

In the view of Thomas Kruzel, ND, a clinician in 
Oregon and the President of the AANP, the theme of 
this year's convention *reflects the growing need for 
physicians who are well versed in the language and 
skills of alternative medicine as well as conventional 
medical practices. Naturopathic physicians,* Dr. 
Kruzel continues, *are uniquely qualified to fill this 
role in America’s health care system.* 

Adds Kathi Head, ND, a San Diego naturopathic 
practitioner and the AANP’s Convention Program 
Coordinator, *Integrating naturopathic medicine into 
our country’s health care system is not merely a 
dream for the future but a necessity for the present. 
By sharing our insights and treatment protocols with 
colleagues from other healing professions, we will 
all gain a deeper understanding of one another and 
our work in order that we may ultimately better serve 
both our individual patients and the health care 
needs of the nation.* 

The 1995 AANP naturopathic medical convention is 
designed primarily for medical professionals and is 
approved for professional specialty continuing 
education credit. For a complete convention program, 
please call the number above or send email to the 
Internet address above.

related World Wide Web site:

AANP Public Affairs: 
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