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) A r o u n d t h e G l o b e<br />

ACAM Fall Meeting in Phoenix<br />

By Rüdiger Schneider, PhD<br />

The acronym “ACAM” stands for the American College for<br />

Advancement in Medicine. This non-pr<strong>of</strong>it medical society<br />

is dedicated to educating physicians and other healthcare<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essionals on the latest findings and emerging procedures<br />

in preventive/nutritional medicine, especially as related to<br />

the practice <strong>of</strong> complementary and alternative medicine.<br />

It is probably the largest and oldest organization <strong>of</strong> this<br />

kind in the USA.<br />

Worldwide, there are very few large<br />

conferences on alternative, complementary,<br />

and integrative medicine,<br />

which makes it all the more important<br />

to take advantage <strong>of</strong> such venues<br />

for sharing the latest scientific<br />

findings with the CAM community.<br />

The reaction <strong>of</strong> participants in the<br />

2007 ACAM conference speaks for<br />

itself.|<br />

The ACAM meets twice yearly,<br />

in spring and in fall. The 2007<br />

fall meeting, on “Integrative Medicine:<br />

Advancing Science and Clinical<br />

Practice,” took place from November<br />

16-18 in Phoenix, Arizona.<br />

Most <strong>of</strong> the approximately 300-400<br />

attendees were naturopathic physicians<br />

(NDs) or MDs specializing in<br />

natural medicine/CAM. Plenary<br />

session lectures dealt with the latest<br />

clinical and empirical findings and<br />

developments in alternative medicine.<br />

The topics covered included<br />

inflammation in the brain, the NO/<br />

ONOO-cycle, treatment <strong>of</strong> IBD,<br />

pain neutralization techniques, evidence-based<br />

nutrition, and detoxification<br />

treatments.<br />

In a one-day pre-conference workshop<br />

on detoxification and drainage<br />

that was attended by about forty<br />

people, Dr. Alta A. Smit, the editor<br />

<strong>of</strong> this journal, presented detailed<br />

theoretical and practical approaches<br />

to proper detoxification and drainage,<br />

including easy-to-use guidelines<br />

that cover the entire process,<br />

beginning with assessing the patient’s<br />

toxic status and concluding<br />

with how to use the Detox-Kit and<br />

other Heel products for basic detoxification<br />

and drainage and advanced<br />

organ support. Judging by<br />

the spontaneous applause, this approach<br />

was received with great interest<br />

and enthusiasm. (See the previous<br />

issue <strong>of</strong> this journal for more<br />

information on detoxification and<br />

drainage.)<br />

Heel Inc.’s booth at the<br />

ACAM 2007 fall meeting<br />

) 15<br />

Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomedical Therapy 2008 ) Vol. 2, No. 1

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