[MPWG] Fw: Med Bot Newsletter-March 06 Issue

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

The latest issue of The Herbal Dispatch, the newsletter of the Medicinal 
Botanicals Program at Mountain State University, is now available at: 
http://www.mountainstate.edu/usda/newsletters/

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In this issue you will find information about a series of workshops that 
the Medicinal Botanicals Program is offering monthly. We started 
organizing this workshops in January 06 and they have become quite 
popular, with attendance in the last two months of more that 30 people. 
Please read the titles programmed for the next several months and plant to 
attend. 
 
Other articles in this issue of the newsletter are:
 
-Appalachian plant profile: Crane’s bill
-The use of complementary and alternative medicines among patients with 
locally advanced breast cancer – a descriptive study
-Pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa L.)
-Courses in herbal sciences
-Evolutionary aspects of omega-3 fatty acid intake
-Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures
-Acupuncture: Theory, efficacy, and practice
-Effect of needle puncture and electro-acupuncture on mucociliary 
clearance in anesthetized quails
 
We welcome article submissions and comments.
 
Dr. Mario R. Morales, Director
Medicinal Botanicals Program
Mountain State University
P.O. Box 9003
Beckley, WV 25802-9003
Phone: 304-929-1683
 
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