CAM topics in Cardiology mb dr 1.0 010302 In precess

Objective: Readings to be assigned to clerkship, residency and fellowship students. Papers to be discused at grand rounds and other group meetings

 

Vitamin E and the heart

Magnesium and the heart

Calcium and the heart

Minerals and hypertension [zinc, selenium]

Garlic and hypertension

 

Stress management

Cell salts and stress management (ie kali phos, nat mur, mag phos)

Brain wave entrainment and stress reduction

Music and relaxation

Pets and relaxation

Pros and cons of energy and massage therapies

Oriental medicine

Physical characteristics of heart disease

The heart meridian and related systems

 

Thoracic subluxation (or osteopathic lesion) and heart disease