Integrating Western Herbalism into Your Clinical Practice
Dr Iggy Soosay
Chinese Herbal Medicine: Addressing Imbalance
Prof Kylie O'Brien
Col Dr Philip Blair (US)
Cancer and the Environment – A Multi-Scale Relationship
Emeritus Professor Mustafa Djamgoz
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – It's Mitochondria not Hypochondria
Dr Sarah Myhill (UK)
PANEL:
How to Shore Up Your Immune System with Nutritional Medicine Approaches
Moderator: Prof Kylie O'Brien
Panel:
Dr Philip Blair (US)
Dr Kerry Bone (US)
Ms Sandra Dillon (Aust)
Professor Omer Kucuk (Aust)
In return, the immune system has largely evolved as a means to maintain the symbiotic relationship of the host with a cohort of highly diverse and evolving microbes. When operating optimally, this immune system-microbiota alliance allows the induction of protective responses to pathogens and the preservation of regulatory pathways involved in the maintenance of tolerance particularly to innocuous environmental antigens. Lifestyle, such as unconsidered dietary practices, and the lack of physical activity and the overuse of antibiotics can lead to a microbiota that lacks the resilience and diversity required to establish balanced immune responses. This phenomenon is proposed to account for some of the dramatic rise in autoimmune and inflammatory disorders in parts of the world where the symbiotic relationship with the microbiota has been the most affected.