August 2011

Topic: Longevity Medicine:  The Art & Science of Aging Well

Date & Time: Tuesday, August 9th - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine

Presenter: John C. Pittman, MD

Description: As our population of aging adults steadily increases, more of us are thinking beyond illness and expressing a desire to maintain youthful energy and vigor. “Age management”, or longevity medicine, is aimed at modifying one’s lifestyle and using biological therapies that can help slow and even reverse the aging process. By applying an integrative medical approach, many symptoms related to hormone deficiencies can be reversed—with men and women alike experiencing optimal health and vitality well into advanced age. This presentation will focus on hormonal issues encountered by men and women as they age, with special attention given to growth hormone support and sex hormone replacement, as well as targeted nutrition and other biologically based strategies that can support better health in the later years.

Topic: 6 Weeks to a Thinner YOU!

Date & Time: Tuesday, August 23rd - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine

Presenter: Jeff Hickman

Description: You have heard about the HCG diet so come hear the real story and get the facts.

Many studies have shown that getting rid of excess body fat can reap major health dividends over the long term.  The Carolina Center embraces several cutting-edge plans for promoting a healthier, leaner body composition and improved long-range weight control.  Come learn about the use of specific dietary, supplement, and lifestyle strategies that are designed to help you establish and maintain a leaner physique.  The ultimate approach helps you reset your metabolism and burn secondary or “non-essential” fat reserves.  The presenter will speak about practical, clinically tested ways to help you feel well nourished and fully supported while effectively reshaping your body and establishing better energy, resilience, and overall performance.

Topic: Longevity Medicine:  The Art & Science of Aging Well

Date & Time: Tuesday, August 9th - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine

Presenter: John C. Pittman, MD

Description: As our population of aging adults steadily increases, more of us are thinking beyond illness and expressing a desire to maintain youthful energy and vigor. “Age management”, or longevity medicine, is aimed at modifying one’s lifestyle and using biological therapies that can help slow and even reverse the aging process. By applying an integrative medical approach, many symptoms related to hormone deficiencies can be reversed—with men and women alike experiencing optimal health and vitality well into advanced age. This presentation will focus on hormonal issues encountered by men and women as they age, with special attention given to growth hormone support and sex hormone replacement, as well as targeted nutrition and other biologically based strategies that can support better health in the later years.

Topic: Orientation for New and Established Patients ONLY!

Date & Time: August 16th - 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine

Presenters: Carolina Center Staff

Description: We have implemented a new procedure for helping our patients better understand our perspective and overall approach to integrative medicine.  Even if you are an established patient, we encourage you to attend our Group Orientation.  This is a requirement for all new patients, so that going forward you will have a clearer sense of how we can best serve you. To get to the Orientation section; move your mouse over the Services Tab on the menu bar, then click on New Patient Orientation or Established Patient Orientation. This will take you to the appropriate section of our website.

Date & Time: Tuesday, August 23rd - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine

Presenter: Jeff Hickman, THNC Manager

Description: Many studies have shown that getting rid of excess body fat can reap major health dividends over the long term.  The Carolina Center embraces several cutting-edge plans for promoting a healthier, leaner body composition and improved long-range weight control.  Come learn about the use of specific dietary, supplement, and lifestyle strategies that are designed to help you establish and maintain a leaner physique.  The ultimate approach helps you reset your metabolism and burn secondary or “non-essential” fat reserves.  The presenter will speak about practical, clinically tested ways to help you feel well nourished and fully supported while effectively reshaping your body and establishing better energy, resilience, and overall performance.

September 2011

Topic:  Overcoming Lyme and Lyme-Associated Disorders

Date & Time: Tuesday, September 13th - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine

Presenter: John C. Pittman, MD

Description: Lyme Disease and other tick-borne illnesses can become chronic systemic and debilitating infections, often persisting despite antibiotic therapy.  The seriousness of these conditions, the challenges posed by their diagnoses, and their resistance to treatment all necessitate an individualized, integrative treatment approach that supports the immune, endocrine, neurological, digestive, and musculoskeletal systems.  The response to treatment varies greatly from one patient to the next with most patients needing a comprehensive approach combining antibiotics, specific micronutrients, essential fatty acids, probiotics, mitochondrial enhancers, and hormonal support as well as targeted detoxification therapies.  Solutions for Lyme-related pain, fatigue, brain fog, depression, anxiety and insomnia will be discussed.  Our clinical experience has shown that that proper integration of these strategies can help us overcome this difficult disorder.

October 2011

Topic: Understanding Your Unique Biochemistry & How to Optimize Your Supplements Choices

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 4th - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine

Presenter: John C. Pittman, MD

Description: If you’re feeling overwhelmed by hundreds of different supplement forms and brand names, you’re not alone. With so many choices readily available, it’s hard to know which supplement is likely to be the most effective one for you.  How do you know what it is your body needs?  There are a number of key test strategies that can tell you what your body is missing or where it may need the most support nutritionally.  Come learn about nutritional and metabolic tests that can provide a complete picture of your individual biochemistry, and learn how specific supplements can impact your energy and endurance, cardiovascular function, antioxidant function, liver detoxification function, inflammatory problems including joints and skin, mental and emotional function, and digestive disorders.

Topic: Using Integrative Medicine for Cancer Control and Treatment

Date & Time: Tuesday, October 25th - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine

Presenter: John C Pittman, MD

Description: Cancer, in most cases, does not present a single “target” for a magic bullet.  Instead, it is a disease of multiple targets, all of which must be approached from multiple angles.  Come learn about key, research-based strategies for optimizing wellness, healing, and long-range remission maintenance after a diagnosis of cancer.  This presentation will focus on the biochemistry of cancer, as well as innovative therapies and lifestyle strategies that will bolster your response to treatments and help keep cancer at bay over the long term.  The presenter has co-written and researched two books on cancer, including the Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer.  He also serves as editor for a peer-reviewed cancer journal and as a research associate for a Chicago-based cancer institute.

November 2011

Topic: Healing Your Digestive System with Natural Therapies

Date & Time: Tuesday, November 15th - 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Carolina Center for Integrative Medicine

Presenter: Dr. John C. Pittman

Description: Hippocrates, the father of Western medicine, once said, “All diseases begin in the gut.”  Today we know that many common health problems are indeed linked with imbalances in the intestinal flora and to an overgrowth of undesirable organisms.  Chronic digestive disturbances include everything from bloating and indigestion to constipation and gall bladder dysfunction.  By identifying the causes of these disorders, you can then develop a treatment regimen that addresses all the key components of the problem, and that ultimately restores the gut to a harmonious state.  We will explore the use of gut-friendly nutrition, probiotics, herbals, and colon hydrotherapy, and how combinations of these strategies can yield the best results.