Health
Bioethics: Reviving Higher Brain Death: This presentation discusses the definition of brain death, the on-going debate regarding this definition, and landmark court cases involving brain death and the removal of life-support. Audience participation in this discussion is encouraged.
Speaker: Samuel H. LiPuma
Chemistry and Health: Did you realize that Chemistry plays a key role in solving some of the most serious health problems the world is facing today? This presentation is about how chemists fight diseases and hunger around the world.
Speaker: Dr. Haidy N. Kamel
Complementary and Alternative Medicine: The past decade has witnessed amazing scientific and medical advances that permit many diseases and conditions to be diagnosed earlier and to be treated more effectively, with end result of longer high-quality life for many individuals. For this reason, it is intriguing to know that about 40% of the US population are using complementary and alternative therapies. This presentation focuses on various forms of complementary and alternative practices and therapies and the reason for using them.
Speaker: Dr. Haidy N. Kamel
Drugs and Alcohol, Where We Have Been and What We're Currently On: This informative, entertaining presentation provides an understanding of the history of drugs in the USA, current drug trends, and policy issues facing both the local community and nation. This presentation can be tailored to multiple age groups to help educate and/or aide in prevention. Next steps are also offered. This presentation will be interactive with audience questions appreciated.
Speaker: Kevin Berg
Eating Disorders and Women's Issues
Speaker: Dr. Nahla Harik-Williams
Healthy Relationships
Speaker: David G. Nardecchia
Herbal Supplements: Chemistry of herbal supplements with a focus on their efficacy, toxicity and interactions with Western Drugs.
Speaker: Dr. Haidy N. Kamel
Individual and Group Therapy
Speaker: Dr. Nahla Harik-Williams
Mental Health
Speaker: Dr. Nahla Harik-Williams
Mental Health Issues: Co-occuring disorders
Speaker: Kevin Berg
My Life on a Plant-Based Diet - How a Routine Exam Opened my Eyes to a Whole New Way of Eating, and the Health Benefits I Have Realized: In this presentation, Dr. Rob Stuart will discuss his own personal experience with a plant based diet, briefly describing his family background, the health concerns that led him to change his way of eating, and the changes he has made over the years. To give attendees a better understanding of the rationale for this approach to eating, he will briefly summarize some important research in the field of nutrition. He will present a couple of very simple recipes that virtually anyone can prepare, and he will close with a list of resources that attendees can access if they wish to make the change to a plant-based diet.
Speaker: Dr. Rob Stuart
New drugs from Natural sources; What it takes: Natural products research and drugs in the market from natural sources.
Speaker: Dr. Haidy N. Kamel
Plant-Based Eating and Cooking: How to prevent and reverse heart disease through diet.
Speaker: Dr. Delia (Dee Dee) Pfister
Psychological Disorders and Their Treatments
Speaker: Dr. Nahla Harik-Williams
Safe and Effective Herbal supplements: A presentation on relatively safe herbal products with evidence of their physiological and therapeutic effect.
Speaker: Dr. Haidy N. Kamel
Substance Abuse, Chemical Dependency, Drugs and Alcohol
speaker: Kevin Berg
The Importance of Self-Care: A troubling reality of modernity is that busyness characterizes the average American lifestyle. Go-getters are rewarded while laziness is frowned upon. Yet, what is sometimes lost in one's pursuit of the American Dream is the value of self-care. This presentation highlights what self-care, is not, and why it should be incorporated into one's daily life.
Speaker: Jason Moore
Veterinary Medicine Career Professionals - Managing Compassion Fatigue and Burnout:
Speaker: Carrie Harviel
Veterinary Medicine Expert Advice for Pet Prevention Care and Wellness
Speaker: Carrie Harviel