606 Natural Alternatives for Women’s Health

Women used to be prescribed hormone therapy to prevent heart disease, stroke and Alzheimer’s disease as well as osteoporosis and menopausal symptoms. But once the Women’s Health Initiative demonstrated that hormones don’t help the heart, many women and their physicians started looking for alternatives, especially natural approaches.
Dr. Tieraona Low Dog is one of the country’s leading experts on the evidence base for herbal medicine. She tells us what works and what doesn’t as we explore issues in women’s health.
Guest: Tieraona Low Dog, MD, is the Director of Education for the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and a Clinical Lecturer for the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy.
In 2000, President Clinton appointed Dr. Low Dog to the White House Commission of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a blue ribbon panel whose goal was to make legislative and administrative recommendations concerning complementary and alternative medicine. The commission worked for two years and submitted its final report to HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson in March 2002.
In August 2003, the Secretary of Health and Human Services appointed Dr. Low Dog to the Executive Advisory Board for the NIH National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicines. From 2000 to the present, she has also served on the United States Pharmacopoeia Dietary Supplements and Botanicals Expert Committee. Dr. Low Dog serves on the Executive Editorial Boards of Menopause Magazine and Explore Journal. In addition she is on DrWeil.com’s Science Advisory Board.
Her book is Women’s Health in Complementary and Integrative Medicine: A Clinical Guide. Her Web site is www.drlowdog.com