Cafe Scientifique - Complementary Cancer Therapies

People diagnosed with cancer want to do everything they can to beat the disease and almost everyone will consider or try complementary therapies. Some of these therapies have been proven to work in good clinical trials, but the majority have not been tested, do not work or can be harmful.

• How does one know what works and what does not?

Without scientific training and the time to undertake the research it is impossible for almost everyone. There are some pearls of knowledge but they are hidden in a sea of nonsense.

Discuss how complementary cancer therapies apply to people with cancer in New Zealand, what works, what doesn't....and how to tell the difference.

Dr Shaun Holt is the director and founder of Clinicanz, New Zealand's only clinical trials Site Management Organization and The Vitamin Lab, who supply vitamins and supplements based on scientific research.  Previously, he was the founder of P3 Research, an independent clinical trials unit, and Research Review, a company that produce regular reviews of the medical literature for health professionals.  He is Ex-Medical Director of Clinical Trials in the Wellington Asthma Research Group.

Shaun holds degrees in Pharmacy and Medicine, has been the principal investigator in over 50 clinical trials and has over 50 publications in medical literature. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, an Advisor to the Asthma & Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand and a regular contributor on TVOne's Breakfast programme and national radio shows.

 

Venue:

Wholly Bagel 
Myrtle Street
Lower Hutt

Supported by: GNS Science, Royal Society of New Zealand Wellington Branch, Wholly Bagel, Capital E and Hutt City Council