Schedule as of (Schedule subjects to further updates.)
Date
Time
Presentation type
Theme
Venue
Chair(s)
Speakers & Topics
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Jun 28, 2008 14:00-15:30 Symposium Acupuncture - bases and possible roles in treating eye diseases Rm 406
Rm 407
Lijia CHEN
Wen-ming HSU
Nobuo FUSE
  1. Dennis LAM - How Acupuncture Works for Eye Diseases - Possible Mechanisms
  2. Nobuo FUSE - Visual Function With Acupuncture Tested by Visual Evoked Potential
  3. Virginia WONG - Pilot Study of Efficacy of Tongue and Body Acupuncture in Children with Visual Impairment
  4. Kuo-Lieh TSENG - A Clinical Study of Acupuncture and SSP (Silver Spike Point) Electro-therapy for Dry Eye Syndrome
  5. Jian-hao ZHAO - Two RCT on Treating Anisometropic Amblyopia With Acupuncture in Children
  6. Wen-ming HSU - Acupuncture for Blepharospasm
  7. Chih-kai LIANG - Combined Acupuncture and Atropine Eye Drop in the Treatment of School Myopia
Jun 28, 2008 14:00-15:30 Symposium Traditional Chinese Medicine - bases and possible roles in treating eye diseases Rm 301A
Jorn-hon LIU
Ming JIN
Wei HE
  1. Kwok-fai SO - Use of Anti-aging Herbal Medicine, Lycium barbarum, Against-associated Diseases Including Glaucoma
  2. Gary YAM - Anti-steroid Action of Ginkgo Biloba Extract to Treat Intraocular Pressure-Associated Glaucoma
  3. He SUN - To Observe the Protective Effects of MINGMU
  4. Yi CHEN - Quercetin Inhibits Choroidal and Retinal Angiogenesis in Vitro
  5. An LIU - The Inhibitory Effects of Combined Therapy of Gui-Shao-Dihuang Decoction and TTT (Transpupillary Thermotherapy) on CNV (Choroidal Neovascularization)
  6. Like XIE - A Study on the Relativity between FFA, OCT Results' Changes Induced by Diabetic Retinopathy and Relevant TCM Syndromes
  7. Ming JIN - A Observation of Curative Effect of Laser Treatment Uniting Chinese Medicine for Diabetic Macular Edema
  8. Yan-hong SUN - The Study on the Constitution Theory in Tradition of the ND6 T14484C Mutation Associated with Leber?s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON)
Jun 28, 2008 16:00-17:30 Symposium Diet and Supplements: Emerging role in treating eye diseases Rm 201A
Robert NUSSENBLATT
Robert RITCH
  1. Robert NUSSENBLATT - Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States: An Overview
  2. Robert RITCH - Non-pharmaceutical Treatment for Glaucoma
  3. Colin BARNSTABLE - Mitochondria and the Regulation of Free Radical Damage in the Eye
  4. Dorairajan BALASUBRAMANIAN - Green Tea and Eye Disease Prevention
  5. Leonard BIELORY - The Effect of Herbs and Supplements on the Immune System
  6. Maneli MOZAFFARIEH - Herbs and Supplements: Ocular Side Effects