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PHILADELPHIA, PA -- The
New Health Symposium® is an eleven day forum beginning today, consisting
of over one hundred events hosted at independent locations, featuring
renowned authors and practitioners of healing in the arts, the medical
sciences, nutrition, psychology, sports and fitness, religion and spirituality.
New Health Symposium® founder and producer Krista Bard commented,
“The broad range of disciplines reflects America’s changing
attitudes towards health, a greater demand for information, and a desire
to take a more active role in creating health in our lives.
“Philadelphia has always been a great healing center. Even today,
over 20% of all the physicians in America have been trained in Philadelphia
medical institutions. At the turn of the century, there was a plethora
of what we now call ‘alternative’ practitioners here; this
too is flourishing again. Participants in The New Health Symposium®
are giving new meaning to ‘health’ by offering programs that
address the whole person -- body, mind and spirit -- and integrate every
aspect of a healthy life.”
Statistics reflecting this changing attitude toward healthcare include:
- In a recent study commissioned
by Landmark Healthcare Inc., 42% of American adults had used some
kind of alternative care in the past year, and more than two thirds
of the people surveyed said the availability of alternative care would
be an important factor in choosing a health plan.
- More than half of the
80 HMOs surveyed planned to offer alternative care in some way over
the next year or two.
- Over 40 U.S. medical schools
currently offer alternative medicine curricula.
- U.S. sales of herbal supplements
are projected to increase from $1.96 billion last year to $2.3 billion
this year. The overall vitamin market has grown 100%, to $6 billion
last year.
In this first New Health Symposium®, Bard fostered an interdisciplinary
approach to health, bringing together hospitals, universities, institutions,
restaurants, gyms, fitness centers, spas, beauty salons, churches, bookstores,
food stores, clinics, practitioners offices and numerous associations.
“The response,” noted Bard, “was overwhelmingly positive.
Never before has there been such a spirit of cooperation between professionals,
with an unparalleled openness to different ideas and healthcare modalities.
Participants in this first New Health Symposium® have truly given
new definition to the meaning of ‘health,’ and new hope for
healthcare in America.”
Over 2,000 people are expected to attend tonight’s opening event
at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia, hosted by Jefferson University Hospital’s
new Center for Integrative Medicine, with internationally acclaimed
humorist Loretta LaRoche. Philadelphia Mayor Edward G. Rendell has proclaimed
October 1-11 official New Health Symposium Days throughout the city,
inviting everyone “to take a step on their own personal journey
to greater health and vitality.” Over 20,000 people are expected
to attend events during the eleven day Symposium.
A complete schedule of events can be found at the New Health Symposium®
web site: www.healthy.net/newhealthsymposium, or by calling New Health
Symposium® offices (215) 735-7110, 9am to 5pm EST, Monday - Friday.
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The Opening Celebration of the New Health Symposium® is organized
by
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s new Center for Integrative
Medicine, presenting Loretta LaRoche, who will speak on “How to
Use the Power of Humor to Overcome Stress in Our Life and Work. LaRoche
is an international stress management consultant, star of PBS specials,
humorist and author of Relax, You May Only Have a Few Minutes Left.
Among New Health Symposium® presenters are leading authorities in
their fields including:
- Patch Adams -- author
of Gesundheit and House Calls,
physician and founder of a free, healthcare clinic in West Virginia,
subject of Robin Williams upcoming movie; at the White Dog Cafe
- Don
Campbell -- author of The Mozart Effect exploring the healing
ability of music; at Temple University Hospital
- Brian Clement -- director
of The Hippocrates Health Institute in West Palm
Beach, and author of The Hippocrates Health Institute Health Program,
A Proven Guide to Healthful Living, and Living Foods for Optimum Health;
sponsored by Loreta Vainius nutritionist at the Holiday Inn Independence
Mall
- Peter D’Adamo
-- naturopathic physician and author of the New York Times bestseller
Eat Right 4 Your Type: 4 Blood Types, 4 Diets: The Individualized
Diet Solution to Staying Healthy, Living Longer & Achieving Your
Ideal Weight; at Essene Natural Foods Market & Cafe
- Anne M. Fletcher --
former editor of the Tufts University Diet Nutrition Letter and
author of the bestseller Thin for Life: 10 Keys to Success from
People Who Have Lost Weight & Kept it Off, cooking with chef
Jim Coleman at the Rittenhouse Hotel; sponsored by Samuels &
Son Seafood
- Burton Goldberg --
author of Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide, and publisher
of Alternative Medicine Digest magazine; at the “Health
Options Now” panel discussion at the University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
- James S. Gordon --
founder and director of Washington D.C.’s Center for Mind-Body
Medicine, and author of Manifesto for a New Medicine; sponsored
by Fox Chase Cancer Center and by West Jersey Health Systems
- Rick Jarow -- career
counselor and author of Creating the Work You Love and In Search
of the Sacred; at Garland of Letters Bookstore
- Michio Kushi -- the
man credited with bringing macrobiotic food to America, and author
of numerous books including The Book of Macrobiotics; at several
events organized by Robert and Christina Pirello (Christina
Pirello is author of Cooking the Whole Foods Way, and star of the
nationally syndicated PBS series “Christina Cooks!)
- Stewart Levine -- lawyer,
mediator and trainer, and author of Getting to Resolution:
Turning Conflict into Collaboration; sponsored by Center
City Proprietors Association
- Steve Meyerowitz --
author of numerous books on health with the soon-to-be-released
definitive guide to wheatgrass; at Amazon Juice, Fresh Fields Whole
Foods Market, and Essene Natural Food Market & Cafe
- John Pierrakos -- founder
of Core Energetics® and author of Developing the Capacity
to Love and Heal, and Love, Eros and Sexuality; at Lankenau Hospital
- Richard Scalzo -- founder
of Gaia Herbs and author of Naturopathic Handbook of Herbal
Formulas; at Center Foods Natural Grocer
- Nina Shandler -- licensed
psychologist who has written about health and diet for more than
20 years, and author of several books including the recently released
Estrogen: The Natural Way; at the Sansom Street Oyster House,
co-sponsored by Dr. Joyce Frye and The Women’s Group
- Linda Noble Topf --
author of You Are Not Your Illness, moderating the panel
discussion “Personal Journeys in Healing”with cancer survivor
Peggy Ashner, stroke survivor Dana Jones, and naturopath and wholistic
therapist Dr. Wayne Diamond; at The Free Library of Philadelphia.
A sampling of the many New Health Symposium® events includes:
- A Healing Prayer Vigil,
24 hours a day, all throughout the Symposium, sponsored by Unity Church
- Integrative Healthcare
Choices A to Z, two days of seminars giving information about a whole
range of new healing modalities
- Cuisine Naturelle menu
October 1-11 at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue
- Women’s Health Media
Panel sponsored by Wyeth-Ayerst, and Men’s Health Media Panel,
co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Public Relations Association with
journalists from CNN, KYW TV3, WWDB radio, Prevention magazine, The
Washington Post, American Health magazine, and The Philadelphia Inquirer
- Ethical Perspectives on
Alternative Medicine panel discussion led by Paul Root Wolpe of the
Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania
- Injury Prevention and
Treatment for Recreational Athletes at the Sporting Club at the Bellevue,
with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Ray Moyer, athletic trainer James Rogers,
co-founder of the Temple University Sports Medicine Center Ted Quadenfeld,
and podiatric sports medicine specialist Dr. Simon Small
- Feeling Great Showcase
sponsored by www. Life Enrichment.com, at Bloomingdale’s King
of Prussia and Willow Grove
- The Best Women’s
Fitness Programs at Neiman Marcus, panel discussion moderated by KYW
TV3’s Pat Ciarocchi, with D.C. Maxwell of Maxercise Sports &
Fitness, Roger Schwab, author of Strength of a Woman, and special
guest designer Carolina Herrera speaking on the Susan G. Komen Breast
Cancer Foundation.
- Bodywork Day sponsored
by New Visions magazine, with presentations on a whole range of bodywork
modalities
- An Integrated Approach
to Sexuality in the New Millennium two day workshop for both professionals
and individuals in recovery.
The New Health Symposium® is conceived and created by Krista Bard,
President of Bard Associates Inc. public relations and marketing firm.
Sponsors of the event include: Center City Proprietors, Garland of Letters
Bookstore, The Greater Philadelphia Restaurant & Purveyor Association,
Health World Online, Life Enrichment Network, Park Hyatt Philadelphia
at the Bellevue, The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily
News, and Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories.
The New Health Symposium® offices are located at 410-412 S. 16th
St., Philadelphia, PA 19146, phone (215)735-7110, fax (215)735-7071.
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