NCCAM Clinical Digest: High Cholesterol and Complementary Health Practices

Announcements NCCAM Clinical Digest: High Cholesterol and Complementary Health Practices Approximately 13 percent of U.S. adults has high total cholesterol. Lowering cholesterol levels can slow down, reduce, or even stop plaque from building up in the walls of arteries and may decrease the chance of having a heart attack. Mainstays in treating high cholesterol include diet, weight loss, physical activity, and when necessary, drug treatment. Read more » Message from the Director: Dealing with High Blood Cholesterol NCCAM Director Dr. Josephine Briggs discusses the prevalence of high blood cholesterol and steps that can be taken to lower cholesterol levels and protect your health. Read more » Twitter Chat: High Cholesterol and Complementary Health Practices The next NCCAM twitter chat will take place on February 28 from 1–2 p.m. ET. The experts for this month are NCCAM program officers D. Craig Hopp, Ph.D. and John S. Williamson, Ph.D. and NHLBI nutritionist Janet de Jesus, M.S., R.D. Drs. Hopp and Williamson oversee the portfolio of grants relating to natural products and ethnomedicine. Ms. de Jesus is an expert in nutrition and obesity for the NHLBI Division for the Application of Research Discoveries. To participate, use the hashtag: #nccamchat. Read more » FDA News: Tainted Weight Loss Supplements Seized from Globe All Wellness, LLC (Globe All) U.S. Marshals, acting on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, seized tainted dietary supplements from Globe All Wellness, LLC (Globe All), in Hollywood, Fla. The products may be unsafe because they contain an undisclosed active pharmaceutical ingredient. Read more » Resources for Researchers Bullet Program Announcements and Requests for Applications Bullet Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, & Management in Pain Research (R01) Bullet Mechanisms, Models, Measurement, & Management in Pain Research (R21) Bullet NIH Operation Plan in the Event of a Sequestration Upcoming Events Integrative Medicine Research Lectures Date: March 11, 2013 Topic: How Positivity and Positivity Resonance Heal Speaker: Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D., Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Director of the Positive Emotions and Psychophysiology Lab at the University of North Carolina Read more » NCCAM Exhibits Date: March 14–16, 2013 Meeting: Association of Chiropractic Colleges Research Agenda Conference Location: Washington, DC Read more » Follow NCCAM on: Twitter Twitter at http://twitter.com/NCCAM Facebook Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/nccam YouTube YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/NCCAMgov If a friend or colleague forwarded this message, we encourage you to subscribe directly. You can also unsubscribe from this listserv. NCCAM Update is a service of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It provides timely information on NCCAM news, resources, and events. NCCAM is 1 of 27 institutes and centers at the NIH. The mission of NCCAM is to define, through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness and safety of complementary and alternative medicine interventions and their roles in improving health and health care. For additional information, call NCCAM's Clearinghouse toll free at 1-888-644-6226, or visit the NCCAM Web site at nccam.nih.gov.