Tuesday,
July 22, 2008

1 in 5 Americans will experience an episode of Clinical Depression in their lifetime.

By 2020, the World Health Organization predicts Depression will be the 2nd leading cause of suffering and disability worldwide. Join us for a heart-moving, yet informative presentation and learn 7 ways you can live a happier, fuller life.

When an experimental med "cocktail" finally snapped Roxanne out of a severe, treatment resistant, suicidal, Major Clinical Depression in December of 2000 - a depression which had persisted for nearly four years - she was told that she had a 90% chance of relapse. That wasn't a statistic she was willing to accept. Through research and her own trial-and-error, she has developed an intentional lifestyle that has kept her depression-free for more than 7 years and off meds since January 2005.

Chiropractor and international speaker, Dr. Carol Phillips will be discussing the parent's role in creating a state of structural, chemical and energetic balancing of their children from conception to adolescence, and how to proactively create that balance and harmony. Tips on reducing pain during pregnancy, restoring balance and delivery, maintaining balance while nursing and sleeping, and creating a child's balance while through foods will be provided. This talk is appropriate for parents with children of all ages.

Dr. Carol Phillips, a dynamic lecturer who has inspired audiences around the world, had devoted her 20-year career in chiropractic to the care and management pf pregnant women and children. Her book, Hands of Love: Seven Steps to the Miracle of Birth, and her three educational DVDs, are now used in chiropractic offices throughout the US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand as educational tools for both chiropractors and patients who strive to have uncomplicated births and lives free from structural and emotional imbalances.

The integration of complementary and alternative therapies with mainstream medicine has created a new approach to health care that is more personal and patient-focused.  This new approach can identify an underlying need or needs in the body when we ask the right questions and utilize comprehensive testing.  Join us as we explore how to identify our genetic makeup tendencies and why complementary and alternative therapies can improve our overall health.

Jeanne Drisko, MD is the Riordan Professor of Orthomolecular Medicine and director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr Drisko conducts clinical research at the University in natural products including trials investigating efficacy and safety of intravenous ascorbate in cancer, safety of bioidentical ‘natural’ hormones, trial to assess chelation therapy in cardiovascular disease and other projects.  Dr. Drisko is president of the American College for Advancement in Medicine, the oldest CAM physician member organization.

For more information visit http://integrativemed.kumc.edu/.