The Carolina Center’s Mark Mead to Discuss Breast Cancer Prevention at October 8th Health Workshop

Oct. 5, 2010 - PRLog -- RALEIGH, NC – The Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine (www.carolinacenter.com), the Triangle’s leading provider of integrative medical treatments and therapies, is pleased to announce that Mark N. Mead, MSc will be presenting “Nutrition and Other Sensible Strategies for Breast Cancer Prevention & Control” at 10:00am on Friday, October 8th at the Lincoln Community Health Center.  Mead’s presentation is just part of a Breast Health Workshop and Spa Day sponsored by Lincoln Community Health Center and NC Triangle Susan G. Komen for the Cure.

Mead is a nutritional oncology specialist who currently serves as a nutrition educator for Raleigh-based Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine.  He also serves as associate editor for Integrative Cancer Therapies (Sage Publications) and as a research associate for the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment.  Mead is also a former contributing editor to Natural Health magazine and co-authored The Rapid Recovery Handbook, published by HarperCollins in 2006.  In addition to providing research support for Dr. Block's recent book, he co-wrote the book Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer with W. John Diamond, MD (Future Medicine Publishing).   Mead says that his presentation will help change the way people currently think about cancer.

"The information I’ll be presenting will discuss what makes cancer ‘tick’ at the biochemical level and the diverse ways by which our nutritional habits and other lifestyle factors can impact recovery from cancer treatment, as well as long-term cancer control and prevention,” says Mead.  “I look forward to sharing this and other new findings with our audience and anticipate a lively and informative discussion.”

Mead’s presentation will discuss key, research-based strategies for using nutrition, herbs, and other natural therapies for preventing breast cancer as well as for optimizing health and longevity after a breast cancer diagnosis.  The presentation will focus mainly on nutritional-botanical strategies and innovative therapies for bolstering the body's cancer-fighting power and keeping cancer at bay over the long term.  Mead will also share cutting-edge insights from co-authoring reports recently published in the International Journal of Cancer, Cancer Treatment Reviews, and  Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

The Breast Health Workshop and Spa Day will be held from 8:30am – 1:30pm at 1201 Fayetteville Street in Durham.  This event is free and open to the public and will feature presentations on breast health, mammograms, stress reduction, nutrition, and exercise.  Event highlights include breakfast and lunch, facials, manicures, massages, and door prizes.  For more information, contact LaSonya Little, RN, MSN at (919) 956-4029 or Brenda Henry, BS, at (919) 956-4000 x8120.

About the Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine
The Carolina Center utilizes a combination of advanced complementary and alternative therapies, along with dietary and lifestyle modifications, to treat a wide variety of chronic illnesses and immune system dysfunctions. The primary goal is first and foremost to support the body’s ability to heal itself, while also addressing the underlying causes and changing the unique conditions that drive many diseases forward.  Along with individually tailored nutritional and botanical regimens, the Center utilizes a number of innovative approaches, including Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Colon Hydrotherapy, IV Glutathione, Cellular and Bioenergetic Testing, and various strategies for Biological Detoxification to help patients with chronic exposures to heavy metals, mold, parasites, and multiple chemicals.   For more information, call (919) 571-4391 or visit www.carolinacenter.com.

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