CME Opportunities

Mental Health, Naturally.  Kathi J. Kemper.  NWAHEC Lecture.  FREE.  CE credits. 

National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - CME Offers:

1. Ten Years of Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Promising Ideas from Outside the Mainstream
2. Herbs and Other Dietary Supplements
3. Mind-Body Medicine
4. Acupuncture: An Evidence-Based Assessment
5. Manipulative and Body-Based Therapies: Chiropractic and Spinal Manipulation
6. CAM and Aging 
7. Integrative Medicine
8. Health and Spirituality
9. Studying the Effects of Natural Products
10. Neurobiological Correlates of Acupuncture

Other Center/Program CME Offers:

1. Arizona University - Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine  
2. CMENetworks.com - Integrative Medicine  
3. Mayo Clinic - Complementary and Integrative Medicine Program Education
4. Natural Standard Educational Programs  
5. The Continuum Center for Health and Healing - Integrative Therapy  

Integrative Medicine Topics:

Acupuncture

• Acupuncture as Good as Drug at Reducing Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Survivors (Requires Free MedScape Login)
• Actual or Simulated Acupuncture Therapy May Be Effective for Chronic Low Back Pain  (Requires Free MedScape Login)
• Verum or Sham Acupuncture Nearly Twice as Effective as Usual Therapy for Back Pain (Requires Free MedScape Login)

ADHD

• Lifestyle and Complementary Therapies for ADHD: How Health Professionals Can Approach Patients (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Anxiety

• Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression.  Gill van der Watt; Jonathan Laugharne; Aleksandar Janca.  (Requires Free MedScape Login)
• Prevention and Complementary Therapies for Children and Adolescents (Requires Free MedScape Login)

• Actual or Simulated Acupuncture Therapy May Be Effective for Chronic Low Back Pain  (Requires Free MedScape Login)
• Verum or Sham Acupuncture Nearly Twice as Effective as Usual Therapy for Back Pain (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Cancer

• Massage May Relieve Pain, Improve Mood in Patients With Advanced Cancer  (Requires Free MedScape Login) 
• Exercise Reduces Risk for Premature Death From Cancer (Requires Free Medscape Login)

Cough

• Honey May Effectively Treat Cough in Childhood Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Depression

• Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Treatment of Anxiety and Depression.  Gill van der Watt; Jonathan Laugharne; Aleksandar Janca.  (Requires Free MedScape Login)
• Lifestyle and Complementary Therapies to Promote Healthy Moods in Teens  Kathi J. Kemper, MD, MPH (Requires Free MedScape Login)

• Dietary Fiber Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Epidemiology

• AAP Addresses Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (Requires Free MedScape Login)  

• Cases in CAM: Hypnotherapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Requires Free MedScape Login)
• Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Headache

• Migraines, Tension-Type Headaches Respond to Acupuncture (Requires Free MedScape Login)
• Headache in Adolescents: Prevention and Complementary Therapies (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Herbs

• Cases in CAM: What's the Good of Flaxseed?
• Dietary Fiber Linked to Lower Diabetes Risk  (Requires Free Medscape Login)
• Top Herbal Products: Efficacy and Safety Concerns (Requires Free MedScape Login)

• Honey May Effectively Treat Cough in Childhood Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (Requires Free MedScape Login)

• Cases in CAM: Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Requires Free MedScape Login)
• Hypnotherapy Outperforms Other Treatment Approaches for Smoking Cessation (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Massage

• Massage May Relieve Pain, Improve Mood in Patients With Advanced Cancer (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Massage

• Massage May Help Relieve Acute Postoperative Pain (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Mental Health

• NWAHEC Lecture - Mental Health, Naturally.  Kathi J. Kemper.  CE credits.  No fee. 
• Complementary Medicine for Psychiatric Disorders in Children and Adolescents.  Nerissa L. Soh; Garry Walter  (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Menopause

• Acupuncture as Good as Drug at Reducing Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Survivors (Requires Free MedScape Login)

 Nutrition

•  CME program on Nutrition 

Pain

• Massage May Help Relieve Acute Postoperative Pain (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Probiotics

• Benefits of Probiotics Reviewed (Requires Free MedScape Login)
• Probiotics May Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants (Requires Free MedScape Login)

• Cases in CAM: Hypnotherapy for Smoking Cessation and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Requires Free MedScape Login)
• Hypnotherapy Outperforms Other Treatment Approaches for Smoking Cessation (Requires Free MedScape Login)

Stress

• Stress and Heart Disease

Tai Chi

• A 65-Year-Old Man With Metabolic Syndrome and Hypertension Who Won't Exercise -- Would Tai Chi Help?  (Requires Free MedScape Login)