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Noon Seminar Examines Vitamins and Herbal
Remedies August 16
Are
herbal "medicines" and remedies safe for
the average person to take? Common patient
misconceptions about the use of herbal
medicines, including the indications,
actions, dosages, side effects and drug
interactions of commonly used herbal
medicines, will be discussed at a seminar
for health-care professionals sponsored by
the Ohio
University College of Osteopathic
Medicine
(OU-COM) on Aug. 16. The session will be
held at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital, Room
No. B-9, from noon to 1 p.m.
Allison
Batchelor, M.D., associate professor in
the Department of Geriatric
Medicine/Gerontology, will discuss the
topic. All health-care professionals are
invited to the program. Lunch trays and
brown bags are welcome. Physicians, social
workers, counselors and nurses can receive
one hour of continuing education credit
for attendance. For more information call
the Geriatric Education Center at (740)
593-2258.
The
event is part of OU-COM's summer 1999
continuing education series on geriatric
medicine and gerontology, held on the
first and third Mondays of each month from
noon to 1 p.m. at O'Bleness Memorial
Hospital, Room No. B-9.
For
additional information, please read the
full
text of this news
release.
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