BCIG Bookclub: “Adrenaline and the Inner World:
An Introduction to Scientific Integrative Medicine”
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Clinical
Center (Building 10) Medical Board Room (Room 2C116)
THE PROGRAM:
This accessible work is the first in more than seventy-five years to
discuss the many roles of adrenaline in regulating the "inner world" of the
body. David S. Goldstein, an international authority and award-winning teacher,
introduces new concepts concerning the nature of stress and distress across the
body's regulatory systems. Discussing how the body's stress systems are
coordinated, and how stress, by means of adrenaline, may affect the development,
manifestations, and outcomes of chronic diseases, Goldstein challenges
researchers and clinicians to use scientific integrative medicine to develop new
ways to treat, prevent, and palliate disease. Goldstein explains why a former
attorney general with Parkinson disease has a tendency to faint, why young
astronauts in excellent physical shape cannot stand up when re-exposed to
Earth's gravity, why professional football players can collapse and die of heat
shock during summer training camp, and why baseball players spit so much.
Adrenaline and the Inner World is designed to supplement academic coursework in
psychology, psychiatry, endocrinology, cardiology, complementary and alternative
medicine, physiology, and biochemistry. It includes an extensive glossary.
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5:30 pm- 7:30 pm February 22, 2007
David S. Goldstein M.D., Ph.D., NINDS
AUTHOR: Dr. Goldstein graduated from Yale College and received an
M.D.-Ph.D. in Behavioral Sciences from Johns Hopkins for work on instrumental
cardiovascular conditioning. After medical internship and residency at the
University of Washington, he became a Clinical Associate in the NHLBI, obtaining
tenure as a Senior Investigator in 1984. He joined the NINDS in 1990 to head the
Clinical Neurochemistry Section and founded and directs the Clinical
Neurocardiology Section, an independent Section. He has received the Angier
Prize for Research in Psychology from Yale, the Laufberger Medal of the Czech
Academy of Sciences, 2 NIH Merit Awards, and the 2004 NIH Distinguished Clinical
Teacher Award.
SUITABILITY:
Anyone interested in the subject matter of the book is most welcome to attend
this BCIG Book Club Event.
REGISTRATION:
As with most all BCIG events, registration is not required. Just show up happy.
NIH CONTACT:
Carl Leonard, 301-496-0191,
cleonard@lired.com
REFRESHMENTS:
Please bring refreshments if you wish. There is a cafeteria near our meeting
room. We may go out to dinner with the author in a nearby Bethesda restaurant
after the meeting.
BCIG WEB SITE:
www.nih-bcig.org
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