Your Health Matters
Come to our Information Fair
March 13, 2008

Come learn about finding health and medical information, cancer support services for family and friends, integrative medicine, using art to heal your spirits, and much more.

UCSF’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Mini Medical School for the Public presents:

Healthy Living 2008: Living Longer, Living Better
February 28 – April 3

Americans are living longer and better. Even with the rise of obesity and related disease in the US, many of us are actively seeking ways to live more healthy life styles. This course will explore steps that we can take to promote our long-term health, including nutrition and exercise, the value of sleep, the importance of finding meaning, and healthy aging and aging mechanisms.

Date:	Thursday evenings, February 28 – April 3
Time:	7:00 to 8:45 p.m
Location:	Medical Sciences Building, 513 Parnassus Ave
Information:	Information for course number MLL08012
Registration:	Download registration form

Advances In Chronic Disease Management: Closing The Gap In Achieving Goals of Therapy
February 27 - April 2

More than 90 million Americans live with chronic diseases. The direct and indirect costs of chronic diseases are in the trillions of dollars per year. This course, modeled after courses in the medical and pharmacy school curriculums, will explore specific patient-practitioner relationships affecting patient outcomes of major disease.

Special emphasis will be placed on the pharmacist care service model and interprofessional care. We will discuss case-based examples, self-assessment and management of chronic disease risk, specific challenges in the care of patients with cancer, diabetes, depression, and infectious diseases, as well as an understanding of the risk and value of herbal medicines in chronic disease.

Date:	Wednesday evenings, February 27 - April 2
Time:	7 to 8:45 p.m
Location:	Medical Sciences Building, 513 Parnassus Ave
Information:	Information for course number MLL08011
Registration:	Download registration form

The Takahashi Dinner Series
An Introduction to the Health Benefits of the Japanese Diet
March 12, 2008

We invite you to join us for the first in a series of evening dinner presentations on the benefits of what is considered by many health experts to be one of the healthiest diets in the world.

Date/Time:	Wednesday, March 12th, 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:	Grand Ball Room Hotel Kabuki, 1625 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
Presenters:	Dr. Donald Abrams and Dr. Wendy Kohatsu
Information:	For info and reservations call: 415-353-7718
Cost:	$75 per person includes lecture, demonstration, and dinner
RSVP:	Download the Invitation and RSVP card.

Special Thanks to Mrs. Tami Takahashi for her support of this event.

Embracing Alternative Care
Top hospitals put unorthodox therapies into practice
By Avery Comarow, U.S. News & World Report
January 9, 2008

Reporter Avery Comarow explores how top hospitals in the nation such as UCSF, are implementing/offering complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into their treatments with their patients.

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