| Conference Offers Holistic Approach to Asthma Managing asthma through holistic methods that could diminish the overuse of medication will be the focus of a daylong conference to be held at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey on Friday, May 12, 2000. "New Concepts in Asthma Management" will be held at 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Paterson Room and auditorium of the campus library. The cost is $99 and includes lunch and instructional materials. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., and the conference kicks-off with a keynote speech by Betsy Thomason, a respiratory therapist, who will present "Asthma and the Art and Science of Breathing," at 9:30 a.m. in the auditorium. Workshops will be held from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. and again from 1 to 2:15 p.m. Topics to be discussed include nutritional and herbal support for asthma; stress management for children; and non-drug therapies for asthma. A panel discussion, which will include a question and answer session, will be held from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m., followed by a wrap-up and evaluation session which concludes at 3:30 p.m. William Paterson’s Center for Continuing Education and Distance Learning (CEDL), Department of Exercise and Movement Science, and Health and Fitness Outdoors, Inc. sponsor the event. For additional information, please call CEDL at 973-720-2354.
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