Metabolic Syndrome - International Academy of Homotoxicology
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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 />
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Journal <strong>of</strong> Biomedical Therapy 2008 ) Vol. 2, No. 1