Avoiding Over-Treatment: Practical Steps for LaymenMark Houston, MD; Author, What Your Doctor May not Tell You About Hypertension and What Your Doctor May not Tell You About Heart DiseasePamela Smith, MD, MPH; Director, Center for Healthy Living and Longevity; International Speaker; Author, HRT: The Answers and Vitamins Hype or HopeRichard Smayda, DO, Journalist; Co-Author,The Healing Nutrients Within and journal articlesThe paradigm of Western medicine focuses on disease management. Interventions typically come when organ damage is identified. At that time medications are given to modify the symptoms. Allopathic medicine and insurance companies have been slow to incorporate research looking at interventions that address the causes of illnesses rather than the damage that follows years later. This program will include steps we can take to prevent/reverse atherosclerosis, hypertension, and the worse crippler of all, dementia.MLF: Health & MedicineLocation: SF Club OfficeTime: 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.Cost: $20 standard, $8 members, $7 students (with valid ID)Program Organizer: Bill Grant and Susan Downs