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Public Invited to Scripps Gut-Brain Connection Forum on Feb. 9 National experts to share latest insights into link between gut microbes and health SAN DIEGO – Consumers can hear the latest insights into the role that gut microbes play in disease prevention and emotional well-being at a special public event on Friday, Feb. 9 as part of the 15th annual Natural Supplements Conference, hosted by the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine. The Gut-Brain Connection forum will take place from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa on Mission Bay. The event will bring together some of the nation’s leading authorities in this field, including Rob Knight, co-founder of the American Gut Project and senior editor of the microbial ecology journal, ISME Journal, and Joseph Pizzorno, naturopathic physician, researcher and founding editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed publication Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal. Other experts on the panel will include Mimi Guarneri, M.D., founder and president of The Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, and Dale Bredesen, M.D., a neurodegenerative disease expert and founding president of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. Robert Bonakdar, M.D., of the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, will moderate the panel. After the discussion, attendees may attend a book-signing event, where they can meet each of the panelists, whose recently published works include “Dirt is Good” (Rob Knight); “The Toxin Solution” (Joseph Pizzorno); “108 Pearls to Awaken Your Healing Potential” (Mimi Guarneri); and “The End of Alzheimer’s” (Dale Bredesen). The Paradise Point Resort & Spa is located at 1404 Vacation Road, San Diego, 92109. Cost is $20 per person or $30 for two people. For more information or to register, visit www.scripps.org/gutbrainconnection, call 858-678-6400, or email med.edu@scrippshealth.org. The human body is host to a vast number of microbes (bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms), with the largest population residing in the gut. Collectively, these microbes are referred to as the human microbiota. The information exchange between the brain, the gut and its microbiota not only affects basic digestive functions, but also impacts other important areas of health, such as brain function and the immune system. “Only recently have scientists begun to appreciate just how much our health depends on the trillions of microbes that call our body home,” said Dr. Bonakdar. “New insights are emerging rapidly in this field, and our forum will give consumers a great opportunity to hear about the latest evidence. What is most exciting is that supporting our microbiome holds promise not only for improving gut health, but also potentially for conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, obesity and even neurological disorders.” The Gut-Brain Connection forum is the public portion of a larger continuing medical education conference for health care professionals – Scripps’ 15th annual Natural Supplements Conference, which will run from Feb 9. to Feb. 11. ABOUT SCRIPPS HEALTH Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps Health is a nonprofit integrated health care delivery system based in San Diego, Calif. Scripps treats more than 700,000 patients annually through the dedication of 3,000 affiliated physicians and more than 15,000 employees among its five acute-care hospital campuses, home health care services, 27 outpatient centers and clinics, and hundreds of affiliated physician offices throughout the region. Recognized as a leader in disease and injury prevention, diagnosis and treatment, Scripps is also at the forefront of clinical research. With three highly respected graduate medical education programs, Scripps is a longstanding member of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Scripps has been ranked five times as one of the nation’s best health care systems by Truven Health Analytics. Its hospitals are ranked No. 1 in San Diego County and among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Scripps also is regularly recognized by Fortune and Working Mother magazine as one of the best places in the nation to work. More information can be found at www.scripps.org.
SAN DIEGO – Consumers can hear the latest insights into the role that gut microbes play in disease prevention and emotional well-being at a special public event on Friday, Feb. 9 as part of the 15th annual Natural Supplements Conference, hosted by the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine.
The Gut-Brain Connection forum will take place from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa on Mission Bay. The event will bring together some of the nation’s leading authorities in this field, including Rob Knight, co-founder of the American Gut Project and senior editor of the microbial ecology journal, ISME Journal, and Joseph Pizzorno, naturopathic physician, researcher and founding editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed publication Integrative Medicine: A Clinician’s Journal.
Other experts on the panel will include Mimi Guarneri, M.D., founder and president of The Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, and Dale Bredesen, M.D., a neurodegenerative disease expert and founding president of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. Robert Bonakdar, M.D., of the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, will moderate the panel.
After the discussion, attendees may attend a book-signing event, where they can meet each of the panelists, whose recently published works include “Dirt is Good” (Rob Knight); “The Toxin Solution” (Joseph Pizzorno); “108 Pearls to Awaken Your Healing Potential” (Mimi Guarneri); and “The End of Alzheimer’s” (Dale Bredesen).
The Paradise Point Resort & Spa is located at 1404 Vacation Road, San Diego, 92109. Cost is $20 per person or $30 for two people. For more information or to register, visit www.scripps.org/gutbrainconnection, call 858-678-6400, or email med.edu@scrippshealth.org.
The human body is host to a vast number of microbes (bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms), with the largest population residing in the gut. Collectively, these microbes are referred to as the human microbiota. The information exchange between the brain, the gut and its microbiota not only affects basic digestive functions, but also impacts other important areas of health, such as brain function and the immune system.
“Only recently have scientists begun to appreciate just how much our health depends on the trillions of microbes that call our body home,” said Dr. Bonakdar. “New insights are emerging rapidly in this field, and our forum will give consumers a great opportunity to hear about the latest evidence. What is most exciting is that supporting our microbiome holds promise not only for improving gut health, but also potentially for conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, obesity and even neurological disorders.”
The Gut-Brain Connection forum is the public portion of a larger continuing medical education conference for health care professionals – Scripps’ 15th annual Natural Supplements Conference, which will run from Feb 9. to Feb. 11.
ABOUT SCRIPPS HEALTH
Founded in 1924 by philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps, Scripps Health is a nonprofit integrated health care delivery system based in San Diego, Calif. Scripps treats more than 700,000 patients annually through the dedication of 3,000 affiliated physicians and more than 15,000 employees among its five acute-care hospital campuses, home health care services, 27 outpatient centers and clinics, and hundreds of affiliated physician offices throughout the region.
Recognized as a leader in disease and injury prevention, diagnosis and treatment, Scripps is also at the forefront of clinical research. With three highly respected graduate medical education programs, Scripps is a longstanding member of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Scripps has been ranked five times as one of the nation’s best health care systems by Truven Health Analytics. Its hospitals are ranked No. 1 in San Diego County and among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Scripps also is regularly recognized by Fortune and Working Mother magazine as one of the best places in the nation to work. More information can be found at www.scripps.org.