From Breast Cancer to Detoxification: Is Our World Killing Us? Healthcare Practitioners Embrace Integrative Methods

The integrative healthcare community gathered in New York City January 17-19, 2008 for the fourth edition of Integrative Healthcare Symposium to address critical issues confronting the healthcare community. Topics included "Physical and Emotional Healing: How They Intersect in Cancer Recovery, presented by Drs. Bernie Siegel and Julie Silver; and "Detoxification and the 9/11 disaster, presented by Dr. Stepehen Holt. Sessions from the 2008 Integrative Healthcare Symposium are now available online for free for healthcare professionals.

Portland, Maine (PRWEB) April 7, 2008 -- The integrative healthcare community gathered in New York City January 17-19, 2008 for the fourth edition of Integrative Healthcare Symposium (http://ihsymposium.com) to address these timely issues and others that are confronting the healthcare community.

- Integrative healthcare luminaries such as Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of the bestseller "Help Me to Heal" was joined by Dr. Julie Silver, a faculty member of the Harvard Medical School, and herself a breast cancer survivor, as part of a dynamic keynote presentation "Physical and Emotional Healing: How They Intersect in Cancer Recovery."

- Dr. Stephen Holt, one of the preeminent experts on the effects of the environment on our health, presented the thought-provoking topic, "Detoxification and the 9/11 Disaster."

- (http://integrativepractitioner.com) Integrative Practitioner is presenting the audio and video of the entire 2008 Symposium free on-line for healthcare professionals. Integrative Practitioner's Cornerstone Partners are Living Foods USA, The National University System Center for Integrative Health, Master Supplements, Complementary Prescriptions and Nordic Naturals. All have shown a commitment to education and raising awareness of integrative healthcare.

Integrative Practitioner is an online forum for information on leading integrative medical research. Incorporating peer-to-peer discussions, collaboration and networking features, Integrative Practitioner brings together practitioners and healthcare professionals from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds.

Integrative Practitioner supports the growing community of integrative healthcare providers by advancing collaboration to improve patient care. Integrative Practitioner contains an extensive database of articles, research and case studies on integrative medicine, from new findings to previously published articles and reports. Membership is free to healthcare professionals.

For more information please visit www.IntegrativePractitioner.com

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