Brady, Parsons & Moss Seminar Series 2001

Topics:

Dysglycemia and Insulin Resistance (aka: Syndrome-X) / (Moss)

Common Hormonally-Influenced Women's Health Disorders / (Parsons)

                                  *PMS Polycystic ovaries

                                  *Fibrocystic breast disease

Functional Thyroid & Adrenal Disorders / (Brady)

This exciting seminar will explore commonly encountered endocrine disorders, giving simple protocols for diagnosis and treatment of these otherwise complex and confusing clinical issues. Help your patients when no other doctors, including many conventional internists and endocrinologists, have been able to. Let Drs. Moss, Parsons, and Brady use their extensive knowledge in functional medicine and nutritional therapy to help you in looking at hormonally influenced disorders effecting many of your patients from a functional, rather than pathological, perspective.

Dysglycemia and Insulin Resistance (aka: Syndrome-X) / (Dr. Moss)

1. The influence of the stress response and adrenal function and dysglycemia

2. The contribution of diet to hyperinsulinism and insulin resistance

3. The impact of insulin resistance and hypercortisolemia on female reproductive function

4. The clinical results of insulin resistance and hypercortisolemia on overall endocrine function

5. The clinical diagnosis and natural management of insulin resistance and hypercortisolemia

Hormonally Mediated Neoplatic Disorders / (Dr. Parsons)

1. Diagnosis and natural management of pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS)

2. Diagnosis and natural management of polycystic ovarian pain

3. Diagnosis and natural management of fibrocystic breast disease

Functional Thyroid & Adrenal Disorders / (Brady)

1. The basics of proper thyroid function and conventional thyroid disorders

2. Thyroid hormone conversion disorders and peripheral resistance (Functional hypothyroidism)

     *Is your patient's fatigue and loss of vitality due to a hidden thyroid problem?

      *Why do many patients with hypothyroid conditions get told nothing is wrong with them?

      *Why are the common lab tests for thyroid function not always accurate?

      *How can you simply and inexpensively diagnose thyroid disorders without labs?

     *Why do many thyroid hormone replacement drugs just not work?

3. The role of the stress and the adrenal gland in thyroid function

4. Clinical management of functional thyroid and adrenal disorders

5. Functional thyroid/adrenal case study

Question and Answer Panel Discussion with the Presenters

Seminar Hours: 9am to 5pm with a 1 hour lunch