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CTGIHC Speaking Engagements PDF Print E-mail

Speaking Engagements feature Dr. Thaddeus John Bell and will sometimes feature other health professionals.  

February 17, 2008 - Moncks Corner Baptist Church, Moncks Corner, SC

March 8, 2008 - Omega Psi Phi Conference,

April 24, 2008 - AKA Conference,  Florida

May 23, 2008 - Smoke Free Luncheon - Holiday Inn International Blvd

June 14, 2008 - United Methodist Men Banquet - Columbia, SC

July 11, 2008 - College of Charleston Multicultural Student Program, Chas., SC

August, 2008 - National Medical Association

August 1, 2008 - SC State Conference - Hampton, Virgina.

September 13, 2008 - Martin Luther King Consistory Banquet- St. George, SC

September 18, 2008 - Panelist  Campbell Chapel AME Church, Bluffton, SC

September 27, 2008 - Speaker for Omega Psi Phi Fraternity - Kingston, NC

September 30, 2008 - Taping for Barbershop Talk - Carolina Kutz, N Charleston, SC

October 4, 2008 - 7th Annual Health Ministry Empowerment Tour, Allendale, SC

October 11, 2008 - Received Community Service Award - Goose Creek Chapter NAACP

October 18, 2008 - 7th Annual Health Ministry Empowerment Tour, Greenville, SC

October 23, 2008 -  Jerusalem Baptist Church - Convention,  Women’s Day - Charleston, SC

October 23, 2008 - College of Charleston - Multicultural, Charleston, SC

October 25, 2008 - 7th Annual Health Ministry Empowerment Tour, Georgetown, SC

November 7, 2008 - Health Panelist for the Seventh Episcopal District AME Church- Florence, SC

November 20, 2008 - Achievement Week Speaker - Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC

November 21, 2008 -   Banquet Speaker - The Greater St. Paul AME Church - Utopia Restaurant, Holly Hill, SC

January 24, 2009 -   AME District Health  Conference - Olive Branch AME Church

January 24, 2009 – McDaniel Lodge - Eastern Stars – Utopia, Holly Hill, SC

February 7, 2009 – Speaking at MUSC – Cultural Attitudes about Fitness and Obesity in African Americans           

March 7, 2009 – Women’s Health Forum – Alston Middle, Summerville SC

April 4, 2009 -   Health Conference -Greenville Hospital System - Greenville, SC

April 18, 2009 – 9am-12pm Palmetto Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association, Radisson Hotel, Columbia, SC
 
Many Americans Turning to Unconventional Medicine PDF Print E-mail
By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) Dec 10 - About four in 10 U.S. adults and one in nine children are turning to unconventional medical approaches for chronic pain and other health problems, health officials said on Wednesday.

Back pain was the leading reason that Americans reported using complementary and alternative medicine techniques, followed by neck and joint pain as well as arthritis, according to the survey by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

About 38% of adults used some form of complementary and alternative medicine in 2007, compared to 36% in 2002, the last time the government tracked the matter.

For the first time, the survey looked at use of such medicine by children under age 18, finding that about 12% used it, officials said. The reasons included back pain, colds, anxiety, stress and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to the survey.

The risks for children using these medicines are unclear, they said.

"As I look at this data, what I'm most struck with is how much people are turning to CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) approaches as part of the management of chronic pain conditions, particularly chronic back pain, but also neck pain and musculoskeletal pain and headache," said Dr. Josephine Briggs, director of the U.S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine at the NIH.

"And from my days as an internist seeing patients in my office, I know that these are conditions that are hard to manage and tough to treat," Briggs told reporters.

Chiropractic care, acupuncture and massage therapy are among the complementary and alternative medicine techniques used for chronic pain, NIH researcher Richard Nahin said.

The survey results were based on responses from about 23,000 adults and 9,500 children nationwide.

Overall, the most common category of complementary and alternative medicine used was natural products such as herbal medicines and certain other types of dietary supplements other than vitamins and minerals.

Among these natural products used by adults, fish oil was the most commonly used. Nahin said it is used for such reasons as high cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Nahin said use of complementary and alternative medicine seems to be remaining at a significant but stable level, with most of the recent increases among those age 60 and up.

Deep breathing exercises, meditation and massage therapy all showed significant increases among adults. Overall, women and people with higher levels of education were more likely to use complementary and alternative medicine techniques.

Echinacea, a medicinal plant sometimes used to treat or prevent colds, was the most common of the natural products used by children, according to the survey. Echinacea use dropped among adults from 2002 to 2007, Nahin said.



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Advanced Approaches to Chronic Pain Management Resource Center <http://www.medscape.com/resource/painmgmt>
Integrative Medicine Resource Center <http://www.medscape.com/resource/integrativemed>
 
Doctor hopes blacks will adopt healthy lifestyle of first couple PDF Print E-mail

By David Quick (Contact)

The Post and Courier
Monday, November 10, 2008
Local family physician Dr. Thaddeus Bell, who has served primarily African-American patients for 28 years, often tells them to exercise.
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