Integrative Men's Health

Edited by MD, MPH Myles D. Spar and MD George E. Munoz

Weil Integrative Medicine Library

Covers testosterone and hormone balancing in men as they relate to healthy aging
Includes the hot topics of prostate health, cardiovascular disease prevention, and arthritis & osteoporosis
Includes cutting-edge information on environmental medicine and men's health
Answers common questions that patients pose to clinicians about supplements, nutrition, prevention, testosterone, hormones and weight loss

Integrative Men's Health

Edited by MD, MPH Myles D. Spar and MD George E. Munoz

Weil Integrative Medicine Library

Description

As a field, men's health is far behind women's health in terms of the availability of reliable, scientifically based information that men, their partners, and health care providers can rely on when seeking information and treatment. Moreover, integrative approaches are becoming more popular with men whose healthcare providers understand that most of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in men, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, urologic disease, and sexual dysfunction, can be ameliorated using an integrative approach, with more emphasis on the patient-provider relationship, lifestyle change, and the use of proven complementary modalities. Integrative Men's Health provides an evidence-based perspective on the health problems that affect men and the ways in which such problems may be prevented or treated utilizing a broad armamentarium of approaches - from conventional tools to complementary modalities. All chapters take into consideration of all the factors that influence men's health including body, mind, and spirit in a way that neither rejects alternative approaches nor accepts any of them uncritically.

Integrative Men's Health

Edited by MD, MPH Myles D. Spar and MD George E. Munoz

Weil Integrative Medicine Library

1. Introduction to Integrative Health and Medicine for Men
2. Nutritional Therapies for Men's Health
3. Dietary Supplements and Men's Health
4. Mind-Body Medicine and Men's Health
5. Spirituality
6. Physical Activity and Men's Health
7. Traditional Chinese Medicine
8. Ayurveda and Men's Health
9. Homeopathy for Men's Health
10. Men's Integrative Cardiology
11. Urology
12. Men's Sexual Function and Sexual Health
13. Testosterone Deficiency and Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)
14. Bone Health
15. Gastrointestinal Disease in Men
16. Integrative Treatment of Common Cancers in Men
17. Dermatologic Conditions
18. Healthy Aging
19. Environmental Toxins and Men's Health
20. Future of Men's Health

Integrative Men's Health

Edited by MD, MPH Myles D. Spar and MD George E. Munoz

Weil Integrative Medicine Library

Author Information

Edited by MD, MPH Myles D. Spar, Director of Integrative Medicine; Medical Director and Director of the Mens Clinic, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine; Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine, Santa Monica, CA, USA, and Edited by MD George E. Munoz, Chief Medical Officer, Oasis Institute Integrative Medicine and Disease Prevention Clinic; Arthritis: Osteoporosis Research and Treatment Center, Miami, FL, USA

MS: Medical Director and Director of the Mens Clinic, Akasha Center for Integrative Medicine; GM: Chief Medical Officer, The Oasis Institute Integrative Medicine And Disease Prevention Clinic, Founder and Chief Medical Officer, Arthritis: Osteoporosis Research and Treatment Center, Inc.

Contributors:

Ronald Boyer, MD
President
Center for Education and Development of Clinical Homeopathy
Edgemont, Pennsylvania

Frederic C. Craigie, Jr., PhD
Family Medicine Institute
Augusta, Maine

Joel S. Edman, DSc,FACN,CNS
Clinical Nutritionist
Edman Nutritional Services
The Resiliency Center, LLC
Ambler, Pennsylvania

Rachel Freidman, MD
Fellow, Integrative Medicine for the Underserved
Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program
Santa Rosa, California

Mary L. Hardy, MD
Medical Director, Simms/Mann UCLA Integrative Oncology Program
University of California - Los Angeles
Co-director, Integrative Medicine Health and Wellness Program
Venice Family Clinic
Los Angeles, California

Joel J. Heidelbaugh, MD, FAAFP, FACG
Clinical Associate Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Urology
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

David Kiefer, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine
The Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Janet Konefal, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Assistant Dean for Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Chief
Division of Complementary Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

John E. Lewis, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Brad S. Lichtenstein, ND, BCB
Chair of Homeopathy Department
School of Naturopathic Medicine
Bastyr University
Kenmore, Washington

Tieraona Low Dog, MD
Director of the Fellowship in Integrative Medicine
The Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Walter W. Mills, MD, MMM, ABHIM
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
UCSF School of Medicine
Program Director
Santa Rosa Kaiser Family Medicine Residency Program
Vice Chair
Kaiser Regional Integrative Medicine Program
Santa Rosa, California

Martin M. Miner, MD
Co-Director The Men's Health Center
The Miriam Hospital
Department of Family Medicine and Urology
Warren Albert School of Medicine
Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

Jose Luis Mosquera MD, DABIM
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Program in Integrative Medicine
University of Arizona School of Medicine
Clinical Director of Integrative Medicine
St. Michael's Medical Center
Newark, New Jersey

Ajay Narola, MD
Resident, Internal Medicine
Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, New Jersey

Robert A. Norman, DO
Founder, Owner and CEO
Dermatology Healthcare, LLC
Tampa, Florida

Saroja D. Rampertab, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Neal Rouzier, MD
Director
Preventive Medicine Clinics of the Desert
Palm Springs, California

Eduard Tiozzo, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Division of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Philip D. Shenefelt, MD
Professor, Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida

Christopher Suhar, MD
Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
Scripps Clinic
La Jolla, California

Eric Yarnell, ND
Professor
Department of Botanical Medicine
Bastyr University
Kenmore, Washington

Integrative Men's Health

Edited by MD, MPH Myles D. Spar and MD George E. Munoz

Weil Integrative Medicine Library

Reviews and Awards

"This is a well-referenced, comprehensive book on the unique aspects of men's health and how to find balance or find alternatives to traditional medicine." - Doody's Notes